Reviews
Book review: ‘Madam, Where Are Your Mangoes?’ An Episodic Memoir
<p><strong>Sir Desmond de Silva<br />
Publisher: Quartet Books (September 2017)<br />
ISBN-13: 978-0704374423</strong> </p>
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Film review: Paddington 2: life in the hostile environment
<p><em><strong>Immigration barrister Colin Yeo reviews Paddington 2</strong> </em> </p>
<p>Warning: contains spoilers – and information about the plot too </p>
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Book review: In Search of Nice Americans: off-grid, on the road and state to state in Trump’s America
<p><strong>Geoff Steward<br />
Publisher: Biteback Publishing (August 2017)<br />
ISBN: 978-1785902635</strong> </p>
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Book review: The Apocalypse Fire (Ava Curzon Series)
<p><em><strong>Dominic Selwood (Corax, October 2016)<br />
Paperback 384pp ISBN 978-0992633271</strong> </em> </p>
<p>This is the second in a trilogy of well-researched, historical, religious thrillers featuring heroine Dr Ava Curzon, ex-secret service turned museum curator, a sort of cross between Harry Palmer and Lara Croft </p>
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Theatre Review: My Country Right or Wrong by Nigel Pascoe QC
<p><strong><em>A dramatic examination of how the UK went to war with Iraq, and its aftermath, including the tragic death of Dr David Kelly<br />
Parliament Chamber, Inner Temple, 24 March 2017 </em></strong> </p>
<p>Filing into a quickly packed Parliament Chamber of the Inner Temple on 24 March, I didn’t know what to expect. </p>
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Book review: Criminal, The Truth About Why People Do Bad Things
<p><em><strong>Tom Gash (Penguin, March 2017)<br />
Paperback 352pp ISBN 978-0241960431</strong> </em> </p>
<p>A key insight into this book is that the author is a former management consultant, who describes himself as challenging received wisdom about crime and punishment, and being sceptical of ‘big ideas’. </p>
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Summer wine 2017
<p><em><strong>Counsel’s wine critics Seán Jones QC and Dominic Regan with their pick of the summer season</strong> </em> </p>
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Mr Justice McCardie (1869-1933) – Rebel, Reformer, and Rogue Judge
<p>Antony Lentin </p>
<p>Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2016) </p>
<p>Hardback 205pp 978-1-4438-9780-8 </p>
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