The Tragic Cleverness of Lord Sumption
BY SEAN WALSH The amusingly Dickensian Lord Sumption, doubtless still writing that final ruling on the perduring Chancery matter of Jarndyce vs Jarndyce, has temporarily removed his wig in favour of a clerical collar, to better sermonise on the state’s treatment of Lucy Connolly. “I shall not waste any sympathy on Mrs Connolly” he reassured us last week, as if “sympathy” were some auditable or … Continue reading The Tragic Cleverness of Lord Sumption

