Shift Control has a new look this week. It's out with the old red, black and white, and in with a distinctly tasteful blue and cream. And the change in colours is just the start. We've listened to the feedback we've had about the site, and made it quicker and easier to access and read. The content, of course, is as good as ever. In Critical Shift, William Leith asks what has happened to our heroes. "We don't want heroes anymore," he writes, "because we think we've failed as a race. We are hungry for stories which tell us about how nasty and greedy and self-destructive we are, because this is what we believe. We don't fall for a nice, smiling man who is nice to people. We wonder what he's hiding." In Write Out of Control, we have three new pieces of writing. There's the next exclusive (and rather shocking) instalment of Toby Litt's novel, 'œ'. We also have the first winner of our White Out of Control competition. Not only can you read it, but you can also write the sequel and win £200. And, in 'Large', Nick Green describes an awesome summer of pills and thrills on the festival scene. "The first event of the summer," he writes, "saw me at my most ineffectual, having been rendered completely useless by what can only be described as 'a lethal drugs cocktail'. I didn't realise that a seemingly harmless combination of acid, speed, Ecstasy and skunk could be quite so debilitating." In Plug n Play we bring you an interior design special - From Habitat to Hell and Back - and Fags-u-like, in which our special panel of cigarette connoisseurs smoke their way through several packs of fags in order to tell you which are the best. We've also changed our weekly diary. Instead of Roland bragging about his hyperactive social life, he now presents you with 10 essential cultural happenings for the week ahead. Gigs, clubs, movies and books - they're all in Roland's diary. Yes, you'd be mad not to visit www.shiftcontrol.com this week. Regards, The Shift Control Team Shift Control is produced by the Guardian New Media Lab, with help from Stella Artois and Boddingtons.