Donizetti Rocks…
Reports that I have been eaten alive by a Monshta in Berlin have been greatly exaggerated. The tale of my little visit to the Brandenburg Gate is ready and written, but I
Choose your weapon…
"Inverted mordents at dawn?" tweets my mate Sebastian Scotney over at the London Jazz blog, drawing our attention to a somewhat unseemly spat surrounding some fine Bach pianists over whom a couple
BBC bias?
A year after the Russo-Georgian-Ossetian war, the BBC continues to side with Russia.
Desmond v Bower: the Eady Judgment
A senior judge stood down from hearing an appeal in the libel case brought by Richard Desmond against Tom Bower because he knew the businessman Gerald Ronson, according to a recently-released judgment.
A Crucial Resource on Iran
The unrest in Iran is slowly creeping out of the headlines, and the blogosphere is fast becoming the best source of information. One blog is leading the way as a resource for
BBC’s Content-Sharing Could End Up in Court
The BBC's deal to share video news content with the Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Guardian and Independent may lead to legal action from its commercial rivals, according to Ingrid Silver, a partner
Don’t Become a Solicitor
The Law Society is launching an information campaign to warn law students that only the brightest and the best will find law firms willing to take them on as trainees.
Are Tories hypocrites? A challenge to Conservative readers.
I have a piece in today's Observer about David Cameron allying with reactionary parties in Europe, and indeed supporting the candidates of Vladimir Putin.
Desmond v Bower: What the Jury Were Not Told
Mr Justice Eady was overturned by the Court of Appeal on two occasions while trying the libel case brought by the newspaper proprietor Richard Desmond against Tom Bower, the author. The written
Desmond nil, Bower won
Tom Bower is a friend of mine but that is no reason for not congratulating him on his success in defeating a libel claim against him by the newspaper proprietor, Richard Desmond.