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I’M TEMPTED TO say it’s the end of an era. Simon Dunn, our long-serving advertising manager, certainly would – but then he’s a salesman, of course. Still, the fact is that “our Simon” is about to become “our ex-Simon”, because he’s moving to an impressive new sales job on Kelsey Media’s latest magazine launch, which is none other than the BBC Antiques Roadshow Magazine. (Yes, I thought of that antiques/Simon joke, too.) Don’t rush to your newsagent just yet, because we don’t launch the new magazine till early next year. But what you could do right away is make a note of Simon’s successor in charge of display advertising, who as of now is Charlotte Steadman. Charlotte has worked on Cage & Aviary Birds before and is making a timely return after maternity leave. So if you want to book a display or Birdmart advert, contact Charlotte on 01959 543 608 or email: birds.adsales@kelsey.co.uk. For free and classified ads, see the contact details at the top of page 27. Hope that’s clear! And welcome back Charlotte. ■ There’s lots about the National Exhibition elsewhere in the paper, so I’ll just say what a pleasure it was to meet so many friends old and new on the day, and to enjoy the show sections. Thanks to everyone who stopped by our stand and allowed us to put names to more faces. ■ Even in the midst of the Stafford rush, our thoughts often strayed to our regular contributor Graham Wellstead, recently the victim of a truly sickening aviary theft. Those many of you who know and have been helped by Graham will, I’m certain, share our sympathy and outrage. To his great credit, Graham has chosen to speak publicly about his experience on page 4. Yesterday he told me: “I will NOT be beaten.” An example to us all, even in the darkest of circumstances. Enjoy your birds this week – and please take extra care of them.