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Book review: Legal fictions

Three recent novels dealing with legal themes

Dec 27, 2023

Book review: Legal fictions

Dec 27, 2023

Paul Magrath

Book review: The Faces of Justice by Sybille Bedford

The novelist and travel writer is the subject of a new biography but she was also renowned for her coverage of court cases.

Jun 19, 2021

Book review: The Faces of Justice by Sybille Bedford

Jun 19, 2021

Paul Magrath

The Meaning of Zong

“What was heard in that court can never be unheard….”

Apr 5, 2021

The Meaning of Zong

Apr 5, 2021

Paul Magrath

Belle: life, love and the law in an age of slavery and prejudice

Belle is a fascinating and compelling film, directed by Amma Asante, which cleverly dramatises a famous legal case and its historical…

Mar 22, 2021

Belle: life, love and the law in an age of slavery and prejudice

Mar 22, 2021

Paul Magrath

The Wanting Seed, by Anthony Burgess

Burgess was always trying new things: new genres, new styles, new words. In The Wanting Seed, one of his earlier novels, dating back to…

Jul 11, 2020

The Wanting Seed, by Anthony Burgess

Jul 11, 2020

Paul Magrath

Book review: The Lost Diaries of Nigel Molesworth, by Geoffrey Willans (ed. Kirkpatrick)

I have a friend who signs all his emails to me “Molesworth”, addressing me in turn as “Peason”. I am sure this is not unique. There is a…

May 10, 2020

Book review: The Lost Diaries of Nigel Molesworth, by Geoffrey Willans (ed. Kirkpatrick)

May 10, 2020

Paul Magrath

Politics and the Media under scrutiny at the Byline Festival

Pippingford Park in West Sussex is normally a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) but for the bank holiday weekend, when it hosts…

Aug 27, 2018

Politics and the Media under scrutiny at the Byline Festival

Aug 27, 2018

Paul Magrath

Silver and Salt: Elanor Dymott’s novel of photographic life — and death

Elanor Dymott’s novels are hard to pigeonhole in the convenient way the book trade’s publicists seem to want. Her debut, Every Contact…

Aug 20, 2018

Silver and Salt: Elanor Dymott’s novel of photographic life — and death

Aug 20, 2018

Paul Magrath

Racial laws and the rise of Fascism in Italy

Italian Cultural Institute seminars, History and Democracy No 2.

Jan 25, 2018

Racial laws and the rise of Fascism in Italy

Jan 25, 2018

Paul Magrath

Dining in hall — tradition or torment?

UPDATE: this post has now been added to the ICLR blog, where further comments will be added.

Oct 13, 2017

Oct 13, 2017

Paul Magrath

Paul Magrath

I'm Head of Product Development and Online Content at ICLR - the leading supplier of law reports for England and Wales.

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