Bon Vivant

Counsel interviews criminal barrister Matthew Scott, aka the award-winning Barristerblogger  

Words sometimes really will hurt you  

‘Thou art a boil, a plague sore, an embossed carbuncle in my corrupted blood’ – King Lear, William Shakespeare 

Editors: Pamela Radcliffe, Gisli Gudjonsson CBE, Anthony Heaton-Armstrong and David Wolchover
Publisher: Oxford University Press (2016)
RRP: £59.95
ISBN: 9780199672936 

Surprise victories are perhaps not so surprising  

‘People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others.’– Blaise Pascal, Pensées 

A Refreshers First XI would be a match for any decent club side, writes Philip Cayford QC. The only challenge is getting all your best players on to the same pitch on the same day...  

The Refreshers were founded in 1935, and hence celebrated their 80th birthday last year.  

When the desire to know becomes the desire to nose  

‘I believe in transparency’ – Hillary Clinton 

Frank Hinks QC talks to Melissa Coutinho about his dual career as a silk at Serle Court and a prolific writer/illustrator  

Since childhood, I wanted to be both a barrister and a writer.  

David Smith previews an upcoming charity music gala  

Music at the Bar is thriving.  

BEWCC’s James Cartwright delivers the match report from Brisbane and heralds the revival of the historic Bar v Clerks game  

A person glimpsing 17 English (and Welsh) barristers in Brisbane might have thought that some sort of conference might be taking place, but a moment’s eavesdropping, or observation (the kit), would have left no doubt but that their transportation to Australia was for the purpose of playing cricket for the Bar in the fifth Lawyers Cricket World Cup. 

'Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans' – John Lennon  

In which we learn what really matters