A few good reads.. from Bastard to White Rabbit and a very direct Clown

Time for a bit of non-law… a few very good reads – and while The White Rabbit is a serious lawyer who specialises in blood stains, writing about law on his blog is a rarity. A man after my own heart – and always a pleasure to read – including his comments on my Lord Falconer podcast (which have, predictably, absolutely nothing to do with the podcast) where he engages with Jimmy Bastard (or Sir James, as I know him from our fortnightly lunches at the Langham).  Jimmy Bastard’s Never Mind The Bollix is unpredictable and raw – one just does not know what will come up next.  It could be deep and beautifully written, it could be a rant or it could be some surreal and very un-PC stuff. Always enjoyable to read.  He paints a picture with remarkable ease – and that ain’t easy.

Obnoxio the Clown is on twitter and his blog is direct, to the point and more often than not… not office safe.  But his observations on life and politics in particular are worth a read even if they do, occasionally, shock or repel!  I often find  myself feeling mildly guilty at laughing at some of the stuff he writes about or finds on the net.  It is a good feeling – but I wouldn’t tell my doctor about it.

And then there is James Higham, a writer, who has a fascinating  blog Nourishing Obscurity – an eclectic mix of whatever James is interested in that day.  He and the Blog Bloodhounds (Sleuthing the sphere) have a very wide range of blogging interests – a must look at and read.  The pleasures of exploration are also to be enjoyed on James Higham’s blog – his blogrolls, his categories – a mine of information and non-law blogging pleasure. Today.. James is, in fact, Squadron Leader James Bigglesworth Higham.  Tomorrow he could well be James Robespiere-Higham. One just does not know.

Fancy a political kick in the balls? Then… over to The Devils Kitchen.

And… in this brief look into the non-law world, have a look at Ms R – A Woman of Experience. her blog is tight, well written and always entertaining or just funny.  She’s also writing a book. (details on her blog)

There are many more blogs I read… soon, I shall do another section on non-law blogs and, of course, as the political conference season starts up I’ll do a run down on some excellent political blogs. For the moment…. that is all.

Oh… and don’t forget about Geeklawyer… he doesn’t write much about law either… largely because he spends his life on Twitter with his harem and drinking mead – but when he does do a blog post – always worth reading…. always!  Mind you, in relation to twitter… I cannot take a lofty attitude… it would appear that I spend industrial amounts of time on Twitter myself… actually… I multi-task…. until I get so pissed I can only tweet.

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