I was going to wish Ertblog readers a happy new year. But time went by, so I’ll simply offer best wishes for Twelth Night. Along with an image of the Christmas lights in our village of Chalfont St Giles in Buckinghamshire!

New Year’s Day marked Ertblog’s second birthday. I didn’t hold a party, but thought it would be fun to note some of the most popular posts in the first two years.

The most popular one asked what that blog phrase ‘hat tip’ meant.

Next, a debate about whether you should ask your prospective father-in-law whether you may marry his daughter. 

A personal reflection about the 25th anniversary of the Falklands war still features in Google’s top ten results about the 25th anniversary.

Maintaining the military theme, a post about Britain’s sole survivor of the Great War trenches, Harry Patch, proved popular.

Finally, the post that generated the most comment and (short term) traffic. In July 2007, I rejected Guardian columnist and director Emily Bell’s attack on what she saw as the BBC’s failure to maintain its impartiality. You can read that post and comments here.

Like many bloggers, I’ve found it hard to post regularly. As Karen and I are expecting a baby in July I don’t expect things to improve in 2008, but I’ll do my best!