Category: Number 46, Spring 2026

Our enduring bond with Singapore and Malaysia unfolds through training, diplomacy and friendship, culminating in the Inn’s amity visit in September 2025.

Black History Month’s Black Silk at Gray’s Inn honoured Black excellence at the Bar, celebrating inspiring advocates and KCs whose journeys emphasised authenticity, persistence, progress and the power of community.

From theatre dreams to family justice, our 2026 Treasurer, Master Andrew McFarlane, reflects on vocation, public duty and life beyond the law in a candid interview.

A tribute to service at Gray’s Inn, Bacon 400 celebrations, and reflections on tradition, music, governance and the people contributing to the Inn across the generations.

Master Andrew McFarlane reflects on a lifelong bond with Gray’s Inn, from his first visit to the Inn at the age of 17, to his role as Treasurer in 2026.

From lost members and new books to historic trials and landmark celebrations, discover the living history and culture of Gray’s Inn today.

Two compelling books – one exploring justice by an experienced judge in the Old Bailey with a focus on women and girls, the other, and exploration of law and science through a biography of pioneering British physicist and astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell.

A dazzling royal favourite rises and falls: Lucy Hughes‑Hallett FRSL reveals how George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham, became both powerbroker and pariah – loved by kings, blamed by a nation, and immortalised as history’s scapegoat.

Ena Collymore‑Woodstock, Jamaican barrister, magistrate, war veteran and a tireless pioneer for women, died aged 108, leaving an extraordinary legacy of justice, courage and service spanning a century.

The AGIS Report highlights a vibrant year of community and advocacy development, from festive gatherings and extensive mooting opportunities to the lively “Rite of Spring” Ball celebrating student achievement and connection at Gray’s Inn.

Professor Richard Moorhead highlighted cultural and ethical failings in the profession, with panelists stressing competence over rule changes and warning that restoring weakened professional integrity is far harder than protecting it.

Master Harry Carter reflects on a public‑service career spanning EU law, the Home Office and No.10, sharing key moments, Prime Ministerial insights and his commitment to improving legislation as a crossbench peer.