That’s it then, in a week in which certain pub regulars took arms against a sea of troubles, bangers started shattering the night-time calm with reassuring regularity, and Lewes FC drew local rivals Crawley in the FA Cup. A week in which meteorologists announced the longest summer ever, and leaves stuck stubbornly to their branches. We’d like to thank the following people for helping us with this edition: Ian McEwan, Ric Newth from Cliffe Bonfire Society, Alex Kirby, John May, Sonia Crivello, Leigh Simpson, Miranda Kemp, the Campbell kids, Mark Hewitt, Joolsy P, Sophie Orloff, Martin Wyndham-Read and Sue Amaradivakara.

Contributors this week are Roz South, Ian Cairns, William Leith, Jess Wood, Karen Anderson, Scott Chowen, Peter Flanagan, Andy Thomas, Antonia Gabassi, Steve King, Jo Moore, Adrienne Campbell, Emma Chaplin, Brian Deval, Emma Robertson, Dexter Lee, Nick Williams, Katie Moorman, Dave Wilson and Alex Leith.

Next week’s highlights include:
Friday 27th: Everything is Illuminated, the latest Lewes Film Club offering, at the All Saints.
Friday 27th: Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro at the Town Hall
Friday 27th-Sunday 29th: Lewes Live Literature Festival, including the film Blue Angel (Friday), Linda Marlowe in Mortal Woman Possessed (Saturday) and Julian Bell’s Desert Island Paintings (Sunday). Click here for full details.