Here's a snap of Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger a short while ago, holding one of the first editions of the new paper to come off the presses at the Guardian print centre in Stratford, in East London.
He was doing a photocall for various broadcasters and the Guardian's Dan Chung – whose photographs we'll hopefully be getting on the site shortly, to replace my amateurish effort above.
The new Stratford shed is an impressive place. Print plants have come a long way from the old hot metal days – parts of the new place have the atmosphere of a lab, especially the control room which sits between the two giant MAN presses. Down there tonight the printers are carefully scrutinising the early copies, using handheld electronic devices to help get the colour right.
They're slowly cranking up the speed on the two machines and when that happens, I'm happy to report, it feels exactly like a print plant should – it's an impressive sight, and sound, as the copies start rolling off.
