Bon Vivant

Dear Editor 

Can I thank Sunil Tailor for the very interesting article on fictional barrister sleuths which appeared in the August issue of Counsel (“The Crime Writers” pp 24-26). I’m sure it will have encouraged readers to search Amazon to supplement their holiday reading. 

Martin Bowley QC reviews the 2009 season 

“Getting on Board”, a charity who places professionals on the governance board of local organisations, has seen a surge in applicants from the Bar. Paul Rand explains what new trustee volunteers can expect 

The Crime Writers 

The skills a barrister acquires and the atmospheric backdrop of the Inns of Court have been fully utilised by barristers writing legal-detective fiction, finds Sunil Tailor 

16 July 2009: “When sorrows come, they come not single spies But in battalions” – Hamlet. 

Catherine Baksi looks at the social and sporting activities provided by the Bar and the Inns of Court.  

All work and no play makes Jack or Jill a dull boy or girl. And that aphorism seems to be taken to heart by many at the Bar – for as well as working hard, barristers play hard too. The Bar and the four Inns of Court have a number of active sporting and social clubs, which not only help members relax, but help foster collegiality among the profession. Here is some, though not an exhaustive selection of what is on offer. 

22 June 2009: HERE WE GO GATHERING NUTS IN MAY (AND JUNE)! 

29 May 2009: old questions, new answers and a face-to-face meeting 

James Cartwright looks forward to the Lawyers’ Cricket World Cup 

“Plague over England” by Nicholas de Jongh plays at the Duchess Theatre until 16 May. Martin Bowley QC explains the background.  

In the autumn of 1953 John Gielgud was at the height of his powers. He was widely treated as the greatest classical actor of his generation, triumphing as Lear and Hamlet as well as John Worthing in “The Importance of Being Ernest”. He had been knighted in the Coronation Honours List. And he was gay.