SOME readers may be confused about the whereabouts of The Economist's style guide, which was online until several days ago. We have recently migrated to a new content-management system. This is a very good thing for us, but several things have disappeared in the transition, including the style guide. It will be back soon. In the meantime please take a look around this language blog, Johnson, if you haven't discovered it yet. Among the postings are many old discussions of our house style, and much more besides.

Update: The Economist style guide, much revised, is back online here.