Reviews

Peter Murphy
Foreword by His Honour Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC, The Recorder of London
Publisher: No Exit Press, November 2017
Format: Paperback
Extent: 416pp
ISBN: 9780857301222 

Sir Desmond de Silva
Publisher: Quartet Books (September 2017)
ISBN-13: 978-0704374423 

Immigration barrister Colin Yeo reviews Paddington 2  

Warning: contains spoilers – and information about the plot too 

Geoff Steward
Publisher: Biteback Publishing (August 2017)
​ISBN: 978-1785902635 

Dominic Selwood (Corax, October 2016)
Paperback 384pp ISBN 978-0992633271  

This is the second in a trilogy of well-researched, historical, religious thrillers featuring heroine Dr Ava Curzon, ex-secret service turned museum curator, a sort of cross between Harry Palmer and Lara Croft 

A dramatic examination of how the UK went to war with Iraq, and its aftermath, including the tragic death of Dr David Kelly
​Parliament Chamber, Inner Temple, 24 March 2017  

Filing into a quickly packed Parliament Chamber of the Inner Temple on 24 March, I didn’t know what to expect.  

Tom Gash (Penguin, March 2017)
​Paperback 352pp ISBN 978-0241960431  

A key insight into this book is that the author is a former management consultant, who describes himself as challenging received wisdom about crime and punishment, and being sceptical of ‘big ideas’.  

Counsel’s wine critics Seán Jones QC and Dominic Regan with their pick of the summer season 

Antony Lentin 

Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2016) 

Hardback 205pp 978-1-4438-9780-8 

by Nina Raine at the National Theatre 

Co-production with Out of Joint (28 March to 17 May 2017)