#horace rumpole

[maximilianthequeer]

Cannot believe rumpole of the bailey doesn’t have a bigger tumblr audience honestly. It’s a 70-80’s show about an incredibly kind, jovial english barrister - it’s such a similar vein to morse and yet everyone’s forgotten about it! It’s written by an ex-barrister and has incredibly progressive ideals for the time, and it’s so funny! And if you’ve ever heard anyone being referred to as “she who must be obeyed” - this is what that’s from!!!

look at this grumpy guy i’m devoted to him in a way only tumblr will understand and I need more people to watch this

[artofmyart]

Sketchaday #wig

Rumpole of the Bailey…Horace Rumpole played by actor Leo McKern, sporting the wig lawyers in England wear.

[georgefairbrother]

The Tap End is a 1988 episode of Thames Television's Rumpole of the Bailey, written by John Mortimer, which tackles the issue of community and judicial attitudes to domestic violence against women.

Horace Rumpole (Leo McKern) is called in to defend a member of the Timson family of petty criminals, his regular clients, on a charge of attempted murder. Tony Timson (Phil Davis) has allegedly tried to drown his wife during their bath together, over ‘slurs on his virility’. He also explains that, at his wife’s behest, he always sits at the uncomfortable ‘tap end’ of the bath.

The matter is brought before Mr Justice Featherstone (Peter Bowles) who is anxious to avoid a trial and wrap up proceedings quickly so as not to interfere with an invitation to the Royal Garden Party. In a pre-trial meeting with counsel, the judge is keen to have the charges downgraded and the matter resolved by lunchtime. Assisting Rumpole is the feminist barrister, Liz Probert (in earlier series played by Samantha Bond but now by Leo McKern’s daughter, Abigail), and she can already see which way the wind is blowing.

The charges are duly downgraded from attempted murder to common assault, to Rumpole’s satisfaction and Liz Probert’s outrage. Timson is freed on a good behaviour bond, with Justice Featherstone summing up that being forced to sit at the uncomfortable tap end of the bath is at least a partial justification for the defendant’s actions.

Liz Probert is incandescent with rage, and mobilises her women’s action group against the judge, who is lambasted in the press, not at all popular with Marigold, Lady Featherstone, and besieged by protestors.

Mrs Rumpole (She who must be obeyed) is outraged to the point that she decides to study law to defend women’s rights, and in a subsequent hearing, Featherstone tries to have the court records 'corrected' to change the nuance of his comments, but actually makes things worse by accidentally reinforcing the fact that, in his judgement, sitting at the tap end is a justifiable defence against a charge of attempted murder in a domestic situation. He is hauled before the Lord Chancellor for a disciplinary hearing, and his career hangs in the balance.

When Timson is framed for an armed robbery, it becomes apparent that the initial allegations against him were false and motivated by a love triangle involving his wife and Peanuts Molloy, from a rival and infinitely more violent crime firm. Justice Featherstone publicly redeems himself by getting to the truth.

The generally dismissive attitude by some of the male protagonists over incidences of domestic violence is an interesting theme tackled by John Mortimer, who also manages to sustain the episode's comedic aspects with Featherstone's clumsy and increasingly desperate attempts at trying to demonstrate what a strong supporter and defender of women he really is, and how he had been the victim of a terrible misunderstanding.

Rumpole himself had some unhappy form on these kinds of cases. In a very early and much darker episode, John Mortimer had Rumpole angrily confronted by his daughter-in-law over his delight at being engaged for a rape trial in which the defendant was an MP, and for his brutal and relentless cross-examination of the increasingly distressed, confused and vulnerable victim.

[thesquireinvictus]

"When I've got the evidence on the run, and the jury on my side, on those days, I can tell you, Horace Rumpole could live forever."

[fuzzynecromancer]

You want some murder mystery that is NOT copaganda?

Try Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer. It’s a TV show and a series of novels/short story collections (I prefer the written form but YMMV). Sure it’s a bit chauvinistic, but ultimately? It reminds us that Presumption of Innocence is a thing, cops lie all the time, and “I want to speak to my lawyer” is not something only guilty people say.

[bcth-uk]

Important information for all of those who love Benedict Cumberbatch's voice and/or radio productions 🎙️

In addition to repeating Cabin Pressure, BBC Radio 4 is now also bringing back Rumpole, and BBC Radio 3 - Copenhagen! 🎉

Rumpole

Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Old Bailey hack Horace Rumpole. Stories written by John Mortimer and adapted by Richard Stoneman.

Rumpole and the Family Pride (was on Thursday 21 May 2020, is available for listening here)

Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle (on BBC Radio 4 - Thursday 28 May 2020 14:15 BST, then here)

Rumpole and the Old Boy Net (on BBC Radio 4 - Thursday 4 June 2020 14:15 BST, then here)

Copenhagen

Benedict Cumberbatch, Greta Scacchi and Simon Russell Beale star in Michael Frayn's award-winning play about the controversial 1941 meeting between physicists Bohr and Heisenberg.

(the photo of the cast recording in studio in Broadcasting House)

On BBC Radio 3 - Sunday 24 May 2020 19:30 BST, then here)

Don't miss the chance to listen! 😉

[acebreathesfire]

Thanks for tagging me @tsukiakarinobara! These are fun.

1. Name: (See below)

2. Nickname: Ace

3. Zodiac: Leo

4. Height: 5′6

5. Languages: English, conversant French and Spanish, bad Romanes. Trying to learn Turkish and Arabic.

6. Nationality: American

7. Fav season: Fall, Spring. Ideal motorcycle weather.

8. Fav flower: Crocus

9. Fav Scent: Pine, wood smoke, brewing coffee, gasoline

10. Fav color: Purple

11. Fav animal: Magpies, foxes

12. Fav fictional character: J, Granny Weatherwax, Horace Rumpole

13. Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate? Coffee for functionality. Tea for enjoyment.

14. Average sleep hours: 3-4. That insomniac life.

15. Dogs or cats: Cats

16. Number of blankets you sleep with: 1

17. Dream trip: Istanbul. India by motorbike.

18. Blog established: 2019

19. Followers: Apparently about 100 of you want to read my nonsense

20. Random fact: My knees and elbows hyper-extend.

[helplessly-feminine]

Caption Title: Helplessly Feminine #5

Caption originally created on April 30, 2017.

This one was inspired by the catchphrase, “She who must be obeyed.”  The phrase was made popular by the character Horace Rumpole, a fictional Barrister who was memorably portrayed by the late Leo McKern.

When I started working on a caption for this image, I wanted something that would uniquely encapsulate the look on the young woman’s face, and the Rumpole catchphrase just fit perfectly.  It worked out so well, in fact, that this caption became my new personal favorite out of all the ones that I’ve created.

And, it’s true - the Woman Within will not be denied!

[biboocat]

John Mortimer’s Bibliography:

Green = books I have; Blue = books I have in an omnibus edition

Charade, Mortimer's first novel, Bodley Head, London (1947); Viking, New York (1986); ISBN 0-670-81186-6

Rumming Park, Bodley Head, London (1948)

Answer Yes Or No, Bodley Head, London (1950)

Like Men Betrayed, Collins, London (1953); Viking, New York (1988); ISBN 0-670-81187-4

The Narrowing Stream, Collins, London (1954); Viking, New York (1989); ISBN 0-670-81930-1

Three Winters, Collins, London (1956)

Heaven and Hell (including The Fear of Heaven and The Prince of Darkness) (1976)

Will Shakespeare (1977)

Rumpole of the Bailey (1978); ISBN 0-14-004670-4

The Trials of Rumpole (1979)

Rumpole's Return (1980)

Regina v Rumpole (1981)

Rumpole for the Defence (1982)

Clinging to the Wreckage: A Part Of Life (autobiography) Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London (1982); ISBN 0-297-78010-7; Houghton Mifflin, New York (1982); ISBN 0-89919-133-9

The First Rumpole Omnibus (omnibus) (1983)

Rumpole and the Golden Thread (1983)

A Choice of Kings, in Alan Durband, ed., Playbill 3 (Nelson Thornes, 1966), ISBN 978-0091054212

Edwin and Other Plays (1984)

In Character (1984); ISBN 0-14-006389-7

Paradise Postponed (1985); ISBN 0-670-80094-5

Character Parts (1986); ISBN 0-14-008959-4

Rumpole for the Prosecution (1986)

Rumpole's Last Case (1987)

The Second Rumpole Omnibus (omnibus) (1987)

Rumpole and the Age of Miracles (1988)

Glasnost (BBC Radio Four, 1988)

Summer's Lease (1988); ISBN 0-14-010573-5

Rumpole and the Age for Retirement (1989) - stand-alone publication of short story first published in The Trials of Rumpole (1979)

Rumpole a La Carte (1990)

Titmuss Regained (1990)

Great Law And Order Stories (1990)

The Rapstone Chronicles (omnibus; 1991)

Rumpole On Trial (1992)

Dunster (1992); ISBN 0-670-84060-2

Thou Shalt Not Kill: Father Brown, Father Dowling And Other Ecclesiastical Sleuths (1992) (with G K Chesterton and Ralph McInerny)

The Oxford Book of Villains (1992)

The Best of Rumpole: A Personal Choice (1993)

Under the Hammer (1994)

Murderers and Other Friends: Another Part of Life (autobiography), Viking, London (1994); Viking, NY (1995); ISBN 0-670-84902-2

Rumpole and the Angel of Death (1995)

Rumpole and the Younger Generation (1995) - stand-alone publication of short story first published in Rumpole of the Bailey (1978)

Felix in the Underworld (1996)

The Third Rumpole Omnibus (omnibus) (1997)

The Sound of Trumpets (1998)

The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1998)

The Summer of a Dormouse: A Year of Growing Old Disgracefully (autobiography), Viking Penguin, London (2000); ISBN 0-670-89106-1; Viking Press, New York (2001); ISBN 0-670-89986-0

Rumpole Rests His Case (2002)

Rumpole and the Primrose Path (2002)[29]

The Brancusi Trial (2003)

Where There's a Will (autobiography), Viking, London (2003) ISBN 0-670-91365-0; Viking, New York (2005); ISBN 0-670-03409-6

Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders (2004); ISBN 9780141017761

Quite Honestly (2005); ISBN 0-670-03483-5

The Scales of Justice (2005); ISBN 9780141022642

Rumpole and the Reign of Terror (2006); ISBN 9780670916214

The Antisocial Behaviour of Horace Rumpole (2007; in United States as Rumpole Misbehaves)

Rumpole at Christmas (2009) ISBN 9780670917914

[spryfilm]

DVD: “Rumpole of the Bailey” (1978-1992)

DVD: “Rumpole of the Bailey” (1978-1992)

“Rumpole of the Bailey” (1978-1992) Television/Drama Forty-four Episodes Created by: John Mortimer Featuring: Leo McKern, Jonathan Coy, Julian Curry, Marion Mathie, Richard Murdoch and Maureen Darbyshire Horace Rumpole: “An Englishman’s gin bottle is his castle!” Released this month on DVD is, the now, classic television series “Rumpole of the Bailey” (1978-1992) which sees Horace Rumpole,…

[cats-plants-tea-and-cake]

I was tagged by @veganvenom. Cheers!

Rules: tag 9 people you’d like to get to know better!

Relationship status: I live with a long-term partner. Until recently we were each other's primary, but it feels like we might be drifting away from that? It's been a bit tough to manage but we'll figure it out. I have a couple of other partners I see on a semi regular basis, and a couple others I don't see as often as I would like. I'd also like to date more this spring as a way to start exploring how the emotional connection I am missing with my primary partner might be found. In short, t's complicated :/

Chapstick or lipstick: lipstick, for when I feel like kicking ass and taking names.

Favorite colors: blue

Last song I listened to: "Goodbye Earl" by the Dixie Chicks. It's about how a couple of country girls straight up murder a domestic abuser, don't get in trouble, and live happily ever after as lesbians. It's great.

Last movie I saw: ...I don't actually remember. In theaters, probably the last Marvel film before Black Panther (which I'm going to see next week). I missed the Last Jedi in theaters, and I'm still a bit sad about that.

Top 3 bands/artists: I don't really form attachments to musical artists. There are songs I like, but it's usually just one or two per artist.

Top 3 favorite tv shows: Critical Role, Great British Bakeoff (even in the inferior Channel 4 version), and Horace Rumpole.

Currently reading: The Dresden Files. I'm four and a half books into the series and I can't decide if I like them yet - some of the tropes are annoyingly sexist. But I understand that they (and especially the early books in the series) were written to sort of maximally typify the urban detective genre, warts and all. I'm hoping that the signs of character development that are beginning to show up will eventually lead to the demolition of said sexist tropes.

My tumblr universe is smol so I'm going to tag a less than canonical number of mutual followers: @skininky, @ladida-dupy, @rattatatay, @barg-hest. But if I did not tag you and you still want to tell me and the internet things about you, please do :)

[lawyalady1]

Horace Rumpole. . . . https://www.instagram.com/p/B9thPF5pJ1j/?igshid=16ptk32o4cr5t

[gasstationb]

/ John Mortimer, English author and lawyer who created the character of Horace Rumpole, was born April 21, 1923. 📚 #gsbauthorquotes #gsbquotesjohnmortimer . . . . . . . . . . #gasstationburrito #onthisday #literaryhistory #bookstagram #books #bookworm #author #authorquotes #authormemes #writer #writerquotes #johnmortimer #rumpole #interestingpeople #bored #writing #rulesforwriting #howtowrite https://www.instagram.com/p/B_QAqZZjkxI/?igshid=1ajsw8miji82i

[fuzzynecromancer]

Fictional Heroes This Era Needs:

Clark Kent

Wonder Woman

Rumpole of the Bailey

Dreadnought

[libromundoes]

Book Clinic: ¿Me puede recomendar un reemplazo para Rumpole of the Bailey? El | Libros

P: Soy un gran admirador de John Mortimer y todavía no he encontrado un reemplazo para Rumpole. Alguna sugerencia?

R: Harriet Tyce es una ex abogada criminal y autora de naranja sanguina (Incendios) Su nuevo libro, Las mentiras que dijiste, salió julio. Ella escribe:

Creo que Horace Rumpole habla por todos nosotros cuando dice: "Si no me gusta cómo están cambiando los tiempos, me negaré a acompañarlos". Hubiéramos tenido esa opción en este momento. Pero, para las historias que tienen la capacidad de distraer e incluso entretener, puede probar la serie Robbie Munro de William McIntyre (él mismo un abogado escocés). Los libros presentan a un abogado defensor penal que levanta las tapas sobre las peculiaridades de la ley escocesa a través de sus asuntos. El último, Dimensiones fijasEs muy entretenido.

Tómalo de vuelta Kia Abdullah ofrece una perspectiva diferente sobre un thriller legal, con la ex abogada criminalista Zara Kaleel, buscando justicia en una historia actual y arenosa de un juicio por violación explosiva.

Hay mucha acción, tanto dentro como fuera de la corte, en los libros de Michael Devlin del abogado Tony Kent, el más reciente de los cuales es Juego de poder. Devlin es un abogado criminal inconformista con un pasado, inmerso en una serie de aventuras de alto octanaje, cuyo alcance va mucho más allá de Old Bailey en el mundo de la conspiración geopolítica.

Si esto parece demasiado inquietante para nuestros tiempos difíciles, intente Suciedad vieja por Jane Gardam. El viaje de Sir Edward Feathers, desde el fallido bar de Londres hasta el juez de Hong Kong y más allá, es muy conmovedor, tal vez incluso demasiado.

Hay algunos libros de no ficción que sugeriría que muestran cuán cerca está Rumpole de la verdad de la práctica. El abogado secreto habla por sí mismo, y Alex McBride Defiende a los culpables Recibí mucho reconocimiento (y risas) de mí al describir los primeros años de la práctica criminal. De vuelta a la ficción, Caro Fraser El alumno También proporciona información sobre las maquinaciones de dormitorio, al igual que los libros de Tim Kevan Ley y desorden y Ley y paz.

Finalmente, aconsejo buscar refugio en las historias de Just William de Richmal Crompton. El humor sardónico de William y su agudo sentido de la justicia recuerdan mejor a Rumpole.

Envíe su pregunta para bookclinic a continuación o envíe un correo electrónico a bookclinic@observer.co.uk

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Book clinic: Can you recommend a replacement for Rumpole of the Bailey?

Q: I’m an enormous fan of John Mortimer and have but to discover a alternative for Rumpole. Any options?

A: Harriet Tyce is a former legal barrister and writer of Blood Orange (Wildfire). Her new e book, The Lies You Instructed, is out in July. She writes:

I feel Horace Rumpole speaks for us all when he says: “If I don’t like the way in which the occasions are shifting, I shall refuse to…