Welcome to Issue 153.
In this issue, The Passing of the Pope, Gaming Baftas, Wildfires, Smuggled Ants and all of our usual features.
Crossword solutions:
Across: 1&4 Queen Bee; 6 Oar; 7 Pasta; 8 Bird; 9 Used; 12 Roman; 14 Nib; 16 Act; 17 Third.
Down: 1 Quo; 2 Error; 3 Naps; 4 Bus; 5 Eland; 8 Burma; 10 Sinai; 11 Knit; 13 Mat; 15 Bed.