That’s it, then: the end of another issue, brought to you in a week in which winter unexpectedly made one last brief appearance, like Glenn Close rising from the bath with a knife in her hand, before disappearing, hopefully until next Christmas. Roll on spring. Also a week in which, remarkably, Ireland beat Pakistan in Cricket’s World Cup, leading indirectly to the tragic, unexpected and as yet unexplained death of coach Bob Woolmer. And in which Gordie delivered a feelgood last budget - unless you're a smoker that is.

We’d like to thank the following people, without whom this week’s issue would not have been possible: Dino Bishop, Kath Reynolds, Reg Meuross, Michael Marwood, Jacquie Young, Paul Simmonds, Fran Galpin, Richard Davenport-Hines, Mick Waller, Dave Ryan, Andy Grant and Tom Reeves.
Contributors this week were: Emma Chaplin, Emma Robertson, Antonia Gabassi, Dexter Lee, Meenakshi Adams, Mark Mansbridge, Owen Postgate, Nick Williams, Scott Chowen, Katie Moorman and Alex Leith.

Next week’s highlights include:
Thursday 29th March: Jeremy Leggett talks on peak oil and climate change at Pelham House
Friday 30th: The conclusion of the Film Club’s Indian mini season with the last two films in Satyajit’s Apu Trilogy
Tuesday 3rd: Famosissimo Italian classical guitarist Eduardo Catemario at the Westgate Chapel
Wednesday 4th April: His Excellence Dzogchen Rinpoche, a student of the Dalai Lama, and himself one of the highest Lamas in the Tibetan tradition, talks about Tibetan Buddhism in the Town Hall.