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Robin Tam QC extols the virtues of singing some of the most glorious music ever written, collegiate-style 

Christmas at Temple Church

Wednesday 5 December, 6.00pm Christmas Carol Service 
Sung by the Bar Choral Society. Admission: free. 

Thursday 6 December, 6.00pm Temple Church Carol Service 
Sung by the Temple Church Choir. Tickets not required. 

Monday 10 - Friday 14 December, Temple Winter Festival 

Monday 10 December, 7.30pm Temple Church Choir Concert 
Tickets required. To book: www.templemusic.org 

Wednesday 12 December, 1.00pm Organ Recital 
Roger Sayer, organ. Admission: free. 

Sunday 16 December, 11.15am Temple Church Carol Service 
Same service will be sung on Thursday 6 December and Monday 17 December. Tickets required for Sunday service only. 

Monday 17 December, 6.00pm Temple Church Carol Service 
Sung by the Temple Church Choir. Tickets not required. 

Tuesday 18 December, 6.00pm Concert: Celebrate Christmas With Carols 
Supporting the work of Advocate (formerly the Bar Pro Bono Unit) and LawWorks. Tickets required. To book, see here.  

Wednesday 19 December, 5.30pm Christmas Carol Sing-Along 
Tickets not required. Requests will be taken. This will replace the usual Wednesday Evensong service. 

Monday 24 December, 11.15pm Christmas Eve: Midnight Choral Communion 

Tuesday 25 December, 11.15am Christmas Day: Choral Mattins 

Liverpool Lawyers’ Carol Service

Monday 17 December, 6.00pm Liverpool Parish Church, 5 Old Churchyard, L2 8GW. 
Free, all welcome. Featuring performances by the Formby Brass Band. Mince pies and mulled wine available after the service. 

Gray’s Inn Carols and Miscellany

Sunday 16 December, 3.00pm to 6.30pm Gray’s Inn Carol Service 
Gray’s Inn Chapel, The Annual Service of Nine Lessons and Carols for Choir and Congregation. To book for tea after the service, please email Michelle.Clark@graysinn.org.uk 

Wednesday 12 December, Members of Gray’s Inn Miscellany present this year’s show Gray’s In Space. 
Location: Hall. Drinks: 6.45pm. Performance: 7.15pm. Supper: 9.15pm.
Tickets at £45 per person from www.graysinn.org.uk 

Inner Temple Children’s Christmas Tea & Drama Society

Sunday 16 December, 3.30pm Children’s Christmas Tea with Father Christmas following a Nativity Play in the Temple Church.
Book member tickets for the tea and check full details of nativity play timing at www.innertemple.org.uk/events 

Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 December, Drama Society Performance 
More details at www.innertemple.org.uk/events 

Lincoln’s Inn Carols

Tuesday 4 December, 5pm-6pm Midweek Carol Service 

Sunday 9 December, 11.30am-1.30pm Family Carol Service 

Middle Temple’s Christmas Revels

Thursday 13 December and Friday 14 December, 6.30pm Comedy revue of sketches and songs staged on two nights every December in Hall.
Tickets from: www.middletemple.org.uk 

Sarah Corney explains why it’s never too early to plan ahead and how barristers could earn a good income by being ethical  

Best books, top tracks, fabulous films, artistic influences and an essential:  Counsel invites barristers to share the cultural influences in their lives. In this issue, we talk to Sarah Langford, author of  In Your Defence: Stories of Life and Law.