I note the change of editors' chairs in Scotland, as reported here yesterday by Lisa O'Carroll.
The editor of The Sun's Scottish edition, Andy Harries, is moving across to edit the Daily Mail's Scottish edition. And Harries's replacement is Gordon Smart, editor of The Sun's celebrity column, Bizarre.
Harries, who has been editor of the Scottish Sun for three years, took over from David Dinsmore, the Sun's current London-based editor.
But I think it important to pay tribute to the current Mail editor in Scotland, Chris Williams, who is retiring in two months' time, at the relatively young age of 61, after 10 years with the paper.
He took that job following a challenging three-year stint as editor of the Daily Express in the early period of Richard Desmond's ownership.
I recall writing this short biographical portrait of him in 2001 when he was appointed Express editor. I wrote then of his being "a good operator" and I am sorry to see him retire when he is still younger than me!
I remember with affection our younger journalistic days together in the very different days of old Fleet Street (and Manchester, I think) and wish him well for the future.
