Archive for January, 2012

Monday morning with Alex Williams’ cartoons, 16th January 2012

This cartoon is by Alex Williams who draws the Queen’s Counsel cartoons for The Times and in numerous books including Lawyers Uncovered. He also does the cartoons for BabyBarista and has had two more excellent books published recently: 101 Ways to Leave the Law and 101 Uses for a Useless Banker. He offers almost all of [...]

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The Bar is in managed decline

“You know, whatever they said about Liverpool in the past, there’s one thing that is definitely in managed decline,” said HeadofChambers. “OldSmoothie?” said UpTights. “That’s a bit rich coming from the person with a face in such overly managed decline that she can’t even stretch to a smile,” he replied. “What is it?” asked TheCreep. [...]

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Weekend video: ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’

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Mulberry Finch review the BabyBarista series of books

Very many thanks to Henry Oliver at Mulberry Finch for reviewing my book Law and Peace. You can read the review  Mulberry Finch   or below. You can buy the book on amazon. “If you want to relax on Boxing Day by laughing at your lawyer (a great way to let all that pent-up anger out), then you can’t do [...]

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BabyBarista appearing in Norwegian!

Thanks to Marit Aschehoug, the editor of the Norwegian lawyers’ monthly Advokat magazine who has given BabyBarista a regular column – all in Norwegian! Share this article:

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Mention of BabyBarista’s partnership with ICLR at Nick Holmes’ InfoLaw blawg

Nice to see a mention of the partnership between BabyBarista and the ICLR online at Nick Holmes’ infolaw.co.uk. Share this article:

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Book recommendation: ‘The Fear Index’ by Robert Harris

“As in Frankenstein, an over-reaching scientist finds himself desperately battling to destroy what he’s created. Depicting all this with sardonic relish, Harris switches the high-tension techniques that give his thrillers their heart-pounding suspense into black comic mode… The Fear Index is both cutting edge and keenly conscious of its literary predecessors… a tour-de-force.”–The Sunday Times “Like all Harris’ [...]

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Monday morning with Alex Williams’ cartoons, 9th January 2012

This cartoon is by Alex Williams who draws the Queen’s Counsel cartoons for The Times and in numerous books including Lawyers Uncovered. He also does the cartoons for BabyBarista and has had two more excellent books published recently: 101 Ways to Leave the Law and 101 Uses for a Useless Banker. He offers almost all of [...]

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Weekend video: ‘Ally McBeal Cast Reunion’

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Book recommendation: ‘The Warden’ by Anthony Trollope

The book centers on the character of Mr. Harding, a clergyman of great personal integrity, whose charitable income far exceeds the purpose for which it was intended. Young John Bold turns his reforming zeal to exposing what he considers to be an abuse of privilege, despite being in love with Mr. Harding’s daughter Eleanor. The [...]

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