That’s your lot, then, in a week in which an Azorean front pushed off the grey lid that’s been sitting on the sky and the subsequent bright sunshine reminded us that summer was, after all, on the way. A week in which the Cutty Sark, veteran of countless trips to China and back, was destroyed by fire during reparations in Greenwich. And a week in which Ruth Kelly got into trouble again, after her HIP replacement was put on the waiting list till August. Maybe Labour’s policy-making will go private soon.

This week we’d like to thank the following people without whom this issue would not have been possible to put together: Alan Clayson, Penelope Parker, Sally White, Sarah Ambler, Tessa McCormick, Connor Hibbee, Tim Laycock, Alain de Botton, Phil Lucas, Katy Moffat, Mike Lance, Hermione Lee, Susannah Waters, Tom Reeves, Phyllis Hall.

This week’s contributors were: Emma Chaplin, Emma Robertson, Dexter Lee, Antonia Gabassi, Rachel Littlejohn, David Jarman, Scott Chowen, Nick Williams, Owen Postgate, Katie Moorman and Alex Leith.

Next week’s highlights include:
Thursday 31st: Nerissa Garnett painting and pottery exhibition in the Thebes
Saturday 2nd: Transition Town Lewes Open Space Day
Saturday 2nd: HQ Gallery Summer Show, with Helen Turner, Darren Sherwood and Roy Oxlade
Saturday 2nd: Arthur Miller’s Broken Glass at the Lewes Little Theatre
Tuesday 5th: Pianist Rachel Fryer in the Westgate Chapel