Despamming

We are gradually getting through the 8000 or so comment spams that we've been deluged with, and should be returning to posting soon. Thanks for bearing with us.

[Update] We are fully despammed. Please note that in view of the sheer volume of spam we were getting we are now effectively blocking all URLs in comments. Apologies for the inconvenience.

[Update 2] A kind reader informs us that apparently the URL-blocking rules we're using are making it nigh-on impossible to submit comments at all. We'll fix this as soon as we can, but bear with us for now.