The Parish Counsel

In which we receive a cronut update and discover French Fry Heaven, rate the gags from this year's Edinburgh Fringe, speak to the legendary Belinda Carlisle, review the telly and build up The Pretend iPod.

In which jumpers are discarded, phones are fought over, Gaga is leaked, New Yorkers are frisked, Stacey Dooley investigates and The Pretend iPod is inflated.

In which phubbing phubs, Arianna wants you to be happy, Madeley is Partridge and vice versa, Berkoff sounds off, Bezos buys the Post and we top up the Pretend iPod.

In which we get fracking, avoid our greens, photograph our entire lives, worry about Johnny, review Neighbourhood Force and sneak a couple more songs onto the Pretend iPod.

In which horses buy burgers, comedy is charted, Anthony shows his Weiner, people queue and queue and The Pretend iPod grows and grows.

In which politeness is analysed, TVs cause trouble, Clarkson gets rich, cronuts are eaten, two telly shows are reviewed and the Pretend iPod is tended to.

In which festivals are visited, heatwaves are quizzed, the web is trouble, Arthur Strong is a Count, Bitcoins are spent and The Pretend iPod learns to fly.

In which window cleaners see more than they oughta, the BBC do themselves no favours, Mel & Gino cook up a storm and The Pretend iPod rolls on.

The Silver Seas have now arrived in Blighty for the festival season (they're appearing at Cornbury this weekend), so we're taking the chance to re-post Terence Dackombe's interview with Daniel Tashian, from a couple of weeks ago.

In which there's a new editor at The Sun; Dispatches is reviewed, Time Team is recalled and The Pretend iPod goes psychedelic.