Clever music for clever people? Nicholas Peacock reviews Yann Tiersen's intelligent dance music
Christmas in the workhouse
Life returns to normal
What you could be drinking this holiday season. By Professor Regan and Sean Jones KC
By Paul Harris
A time and a place for everything
The end of an era in Shakespearean style
By The Secret Barrister
The ultimate man of conscience and a lesson for all times: A Man for All Seasons (1966) reviewed by David Langwallner
Years of practice at the Bar gave Herbert Henry Asquith many gifts of character – but also hastened his downfall, writes James Alexander Smith
England and Wales
Due to a number of successful client panel appointments, Barristers and Solicitor Advocates are needed to join our team throughout England and Wales. We are particularly interested in applicants in the Midlands and London.
The Chair of the Bar reports back
By Kem Kemal, CEO, Henry Dannell
By BSK Financial Planning
Mário Barroso, Head of R&D and Method Development at AlphaBiolabs
Susie Griffin on the admin that keeps barristers from billable work
Clement Cowley, Partner at The Penny Group, explains how global events can influence the performance of pensions and ISAs, and why taking a long-term approach to investing is often the most effective strategy
Kick off your career at the Bar Council’s Pupillage Fair this October it’s one of the most valuable opportunities for aspiring barristers, says Amelia Clegg
Join us on Saturday 21 November 2026 at Leeds Beckett University and see for yourself why the North continues to be an exceptional place to build a career at the Bar
The golden age of advocacy? David Langwallner pays homage to the filmic if contentious barrister Sir Edward Carson and some of his contemporaries
Henry Fingerhut outlines what the Bar Standards Board AI guidance means for early career barristers
Not yet, says Jacob Turner. Regulation, unlike the technology itself, is a domain the legal profession can still control