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On the Right.
Socialist Vexations
NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 24
Domestic problems in Europe make the news, one problem quirky, the second raising dogmatic assumptions of economic law.
In London, as described by socialist novelist and critic John Mortimer, an astonishing number of Brits marched through the streets to protest impending laws that would forbid the sport of fox hunting. Mortimer has taken large steps in his colorful life to distance himself from high-life conventions of the rich, let alone rich and idle. It was unexpected (for an American bystander) to see him apparently bemoaning the proposed new law and wondering out loud whether its consequences ...
- John Mortimer.(Obituaries)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety February 2, 2009 700+ words
British lawyer and writer John Mortimer, creator of the curmudgeonly criminal lawyer Rumpole of the...never plead guilty"--to cases that touched on issues from fox hunting to alternative lifestyles, child abuse to devil worship...
- Getting to the bottom of John.(John Mortimer's biography)(Critical essay)
- Magazine article from: Spectator Leith, Sam October 27, 2007 700+ words
A VOYAGE ROUND JOHN MORTIMER by Valerie Grove Viking, 20...6655 The first time I came across John Mortimer was while I was working as a gossip...back: 'This is John.' Poor old John Mortimer--this happens to him, as I...
- John Mortimer: The Secret Lives of Rumpole's Creator.(Brief article)(Book...
- Magazine article from: Publishers Weekly April 10, 2006 700+ words
John Mortimer: The Secret Lives of Rumpole's Creator GRAHAM LORD. St. Martin...about Horace Rumpole's creator will learn from this dismal life of John Mortimer--who was enormously successful as both a barrister and a writer...
- A Voyage Round John Mortimer: The Biography of the Creator of Rumpole of the...
- Magazine article from: Publishers Weekly April 28, 2008 700+ words
A Voyage Round John Mortimer: The Biography of the Creator of Rumpole of the Bailey Valerie...flamboyant barrister, prolific writer and compulsive womanizer. John Mortimer's complex personal life includes expulsion from Oxford for suspected...
- Sir John Mortimer, creator of Rumpole of the Bailey.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire January 16, 2009 700+ words
(From Guardian Unlimited) The barrister, playwright and author Sir John Mortimer, who has died aged 85, was a man for all the seasons that touched his Chilterns garden, where he lived as profusely as he wrote...
- Mortimer created 'Rumpole'.(John Mortimer)(Obituary)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Variety January 26, 2009 700+ words
British lawyer and writer John Mortimer, creator of the curmudgeonly criminal lawyer Rumpole of the Bailey, died Jan. 16 near London. He was 85. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED...
- How Rumpole helped John Mortimer change the world.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire January 16, 2009 700+ words
(From Guardian Unlimited) John Mortimer was a performer to the very end . Against doctors' orders, and although he could not stand and could barely breathe, he was...
- A voyage round John mortimer.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire March 30, 2006 700+ words
...judge for yourself at the Little Theatre, Leicester, on April 9. Presiding will be celebrated barrister and writer, Sir John Mortimer, who will be delivering a show packed with anecdotes from his varied career, with a little help from actresses Louise Jameson...
- Author and dramatist Sir John Mortimer dies.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire January 16, 2009 700+ words
(From Guardian Unlimited) The author and dramatist Sir John Mortimer has died at the age of 85 after a long illness. Mortimer was best known for creating the character and television series Rumpole...
- Performance as metadramatic biography in John Mortimer's Will...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Evolutionary Psychology Ardolino, Frank August 1, 2003 700+ words
...Shakespeare and his paramour Viola in unison with the dialogue. A similar take on Shakespeare's life and plays is provided by John Mortimer's Will Shakespeare, a six-Part series which was broadcast on the BBC in 1978. The biography spans from 1590 to 1603...
Source: HighBeam Research, On the Right.