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Wendy Joseph, the judge and author, sets this out in a suitably sober fashion, but unfortunately at least one of the narrators undermines this aim by the frankly ridiculous voices and presentations that she gives to some of the protagonists. Many of the barristers are acted in a way that amounts to the burlesque, and the most egregious example of all is that of an expert witness: the 'eastern European' psychiatrist, who is a virtual caricature. And a flawed one at that: her accent is described as being in every way a Germanic one ('w's for 'v's, 'z's for 'th's), but the narrator portrays her with an unmistakably Russian accent (and in the process renders her statements almost incomprehensible). A gripping, disturbing and deeply humane exploration of the darkest side of the human condition, from a judge who has seen it all. I devoured Unlawful Killings in a single sitting. I cannot recommend it highly enough. -- The Secret Barrister

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Every unlawful death tells a story. Every trial involves characters to be understood, motives to be unravelled, plans and methodology to be exposed.” So writes Her Honour Wendy Joseph QC at the beginning of her riveting and revelatory début, Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey (Doubleday) .

I came away buzzing and reassured that we still have in this century a wide ranging community fascinated not just by famous authors (I’ve rarely seen so many concentrated in one place) but by challenging ideas and questions. Fast-moving, hugely absorbing and at times emotionally draining, Wendy Joseph is a born storyteller for whom a complete understanding of the law and how it applies to deeply harrowing and disturbing murder cases never wavers. John Benjamin

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Italian Dinner Celebrating the Programme of Italian Literature and Culture SOLD OUT Exeter College: Hall 7:15pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event I've been a fan of crime thrillers and detective novels for years. I love the thrill of the chase, working out 'whodunnit' and seeing the criminal being arrested and lead to the cells at the end. But what happens after that? In Unlawful Killings, Wendy Joseph takes the reader through six different murder trials that she has presided over as Judge and explains calmly, clearly and with great compassion what happened to the victims and what happens in a trial to the perpetrators of these terrible crimes. How does a jury get selected? What evidence will be presented, what is withheld? What guidance is provided when the jury go to deliberate their decision? All is revealed in this excellent book. I have been talking about this book pretty much non-stop since I read it! If anyone has any connections to the author and could ask her if she would come to my university to deliver a talk on criminal law to our students, I would be so grateful!Elias Chacour Interviewed by Diarmaid MacCulloch A Palestinian Christian Working for Peace and Reconciliation in Israel CANCELLED Bodleian: Divinity School 2:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event Tom Crewe, Maddie Mortimer, Aidan Cottrell-Boyce and Santanu Bhattacharya Chaired by Matthew Stadlen New Writers of Fiction Trinity College: Garden Room Levine Building 4:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event Jonathan Keates La Serenissima: The Story of Venice SOLD OUT Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 6:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event it's great to find a book written by a legal professional who also knows how to tell a story. the work explains law and criminal justice systems unpatronisingly, starting with the simple ideas, moving to the more complex seamlessly. it's helping make what should be a transparent system more open in gripping prose. their intelligence – this makes a huge difference for a speaker. In the Oxford audience I encountered many experts in the field my book covered and even one of the ambassadors I’d quoted

Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old

Kate Bingham and Tim Hames The Long Shot: The Inside Story of the Race to Vaccinate Britain Sheldonian Theatre 4:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event Dan Snow and Alice Loxton Why History Remains a Big Hit Sheldonian Theatre 10:00am Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event Having recently sat as a Juror, I can state, first hand, that it is nothing like you see on the TV. Countless hours of waiting around to be called, a slow, almost pedestrian look through the evidence (in this case not murder but still very nasty), and with none of the high energy 'gotcha' reveals that you may have been used to seeing on old episodes of Perry Mason. The author very clearly dispels this myth in her narrative, but also takes us behind the scenes of the things we might not witness as jurors. All those moments of lawyerly wrangling that cannot be shared with the jury for fear of prejudicing the outcome. Using a very down to earth, often humorous, tone that always carries that edge and gravitas you might expect from a Judge, Her Honour Wendy Joseph delivers candid and very astute observations of the entire process, dissecting not only the salient parts of the case, but the legal teams, the witnesses, the defendants and even the jury, really making you feel like you are there in the public gallery watching proceedings. I don’t agree with many of the automatic reduction of sentences guidelines despite the mitigating factors but at least I now know why some sentences are appalling inadequate. The breadth of cases examined, from domestic violence, to gang warfare to honour killings are all given the context they deserve rather than going for the headlines. I genuinely found them all fascinating as well as gaining an insight to what actually happens during a jury trial.Until her March retirement Her Honour Wendy Joseph was one of the just 16 judges licensed to try murder cases at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales – better known as the Old Bailey – and the only woman. In Unlawful Killings: Life, Love & Murder she shares her rare insight from 15 years of presiding over numerous high-profile cases, having previously served as a criminal barrister for more than three decades. A gripping, disturbing and deeply humane exploration of the darkest side of the human condition, from a judge who has seen it all. I devoured Unlawful Killings in a single sitting. I cannot recommend it highly enough. The Secret Barrister

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Unlawful Killings. Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey Wendy Joseph Interviewed by Susannah Jowitt Fastest, I’ve ever listed to an audiobook. Just great. Judge Joseph has used her experience to write 6 vignettes of what she see’s everyday in court. It was a privilege for me to visit the festival to receive the Bodley Medal. As an incidental blessing I saw Oxford at its most mysterious and atmospheric. It was a day of piercing cold and as I walked through the twilight from the Sheldonian to Christ Church, the streets were empty and the whole city was shutting itself away. Christ Church was silent except for the footfall of unseen persons around corners and the sounds of evensong creeping from behind closed doors. For the first time I understood thoroughly the power of college ghost stories.

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A gripping account of the law that reads like a cliffhanger' ( Sunday Times) The heart-stopping inside story of six murder trials from an Old Bailey judge, exploring why we kill, what happens at trial and what we can learn about the society in which we live. And I can't get the story of the parents who killed their daughter out of my head due to the two kids involved. The fact that the mother and father were willing to allow their daughter to be ripped apart but not their son is disgusting. The utter sexism is hard to stomach, both the murder of the older daughter and the treatment of the younger daughter. And the fact the mother got a lawyer who is well known for ripping witnesses apart nastily and she was okay with her younger daughter going through that. And the fact that the mother was set free and took custody of them both again. I can't imagine that this didn't break the kids mentally. The boy witnessed the death. Your mother obviously loves her son more than her daughter and that would impact the girls mental psyche. And having to live with someone who all probably helped murder your sister. Both kids were utterly traumatised. I hope they got therapy. It's awful situation all around. I hope they grew up okay but probably not. I hope they are happy. Utterly heartbreaking situation. Aside from its storytelling in the capacity of true crime, Her Honour also draws out a real and disturbing pattern — that in most cases before the court, our societal institutions have been the breeding ground for the very crimes we reprehend. Tanya Goodin and Rory Cellan-Jones Switching off and Switching in: Living in the Digital Age Trinity College: Garden Room Levine Building 12:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event