Reading for the bar
Courtroom memoirs reveal fascinating details of high-profile cases, waspish views of politicians, as well as a QC who solved a notorious murder
Jury’s out for the new attorney general
Is Suella Braverman up to the job?
The International Criminal Court is a mess
If the ICC had brought more warlords to justice, it might have earned our respect
Judging the judges
The way forward is clear: we need another Constitutional Reform Act, writes Joshua Rozenberg
Cyber court
Soon, technology will mean the judge and the parties in a legal action can file claims and evidence online
Supreme maestro
Watching Lord Pannick QC addressing 11 justices of the Supreme Court is like watching one of the great maestros conducting a symphony orchestra
A very English take on espionage
Alexander Larman on the newest release in Mick Herron’s best-selling and critically acclaimed Jackson Lamb crime series: Slough House
Squeaks and bumps
Dominic Hilton reminisces about his father’s hoard of bizarre avant-garde CDs, LPs and cassette tapes
Saving Rugby from BLM Marxism
Governors of boarding schools are supposed to be custodians, not political activists
Not Justin time
Sarah Ditum says that the focus on Timberlake as a bad agent conveniently forgets the machine behind him
Heroes, but not trans heroes: How two female artists defied the Nazis
Jeffrey Jackson’s lively and compassionate account plunges readers into the depths of the Occupation and the Channel Islands’ resistance movement
150 years of Palm Beach
Paul du Quenoy learns how this enclave for the American elite shifted from swamp to swank in Russell Kelley’s: An Illustrated History of Palm Beach
The death of Soho
After a recent incident in London’s Carnaby Street, Brice Stratford laments the “dire state” of corporate Soho
Jordan: The coup that wasn’t
The strength of Jordan’s Hashemite monarchy is a precious thing — and one which only gets its due in rare moments of turmoil
Dominic Hilton’s Buenos Aires diary 6.0
Dominic Hilton comments on the latest perceived injustice in the capital, a man eating dog biscuits, and the strange meaning of numbers in Argentina
Policing the far Left
Emma Webb says the police are damned if the do, but even more damned in the long run if they don’t