Globe Cafe Unplugged

The evening kicked off with the internationally renowned Transition with our very own Mr. Josh Edbrooke on drums, just back from foreign parts and some old favourites including Jericho to set the mood for the evening. Lee Boon Shian Lee, a Malaysian Law student, followed suite with a reflective set of Metallica and Radio Head, Creep. Next came an unexpected and unusual “Irish Folk Song “by Tom Lehrer sung by Becky Bruce of BISC fame. This definitely came with a heath warning….don’t try this at home kids. A hard act to follow perhaps but most skilfully achieved by the world Famous Jack, also studying law at UWE, Jack had managed to get together a talented Malaysian band with base and acoustic guitarists and a bongo player. Maroon Five , “Knocking on Heaven’s Door” and “No Woman No Cry” were instant crowd pleasers, skilfully and effortlessly achieved.

During the break, a generous meal had been prepared by the Globe Café team. This was an opportunity to chat and mingle back stage with the stars.

On our return, Soraya (yet another Malaysian lawyer) opened with a beautiful and husky rendition of Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy.” On tour for one week only, we were privileged to have a guest appearance from Portuguese/English musician: Filipe. (I was impressed at how, in just a few days, he appeared to know more people at BISC than the BISC team). “Sweet Home Alabama” had the entire audience joining in with Filipe’s funky Southern chords, followed by a more reflective Portuguese song “Hot Feet” demonstrating his professional and powerful voice. This was followed by a superb song “Lets Go To War “ written by Seb (another lawyer, half Mexican, half Irish). The lyrics were powerful and poignant, including “Lets go to war with soldiers of compassion and words that inspire action.” We were treated to an encore from Transition and Jack, with some beautiful keyboard accompaniment from Allan (Taiwan) on the James Blunt’s “Good Bye My Lover.”


All these lawyers might seriously be wanting to consider giving up their day jobs to follow a more musical career path. As ever, the true stars of the show were behind the scenes…stacking chairs and hoovering until close to midnight…A big thank you to the tremendous efforts of the Globe Team and to all those who braved the boards and the bright lights of the stage to ensure that all of us had a most splendid evening.

Here are some photos.

“We are crepe” Pancake Party Tuesday 20th February

From Patagonian beef chilli to flash fried Indonesian vegetable crepes, BISC taste buds were once again assaulted with a new and delightful range of flavours and aromas, courtesy of the “We are Crepe” pancake party team from Holy Trinity Church, Nailsea.

Diners started to arrive in the early evening. The menu promised a veritable “cornucopia of culinary delights” and we were far from disappointed. The Holy Trinity team worked slavishly over steaming hot French griddle pans to produce nearly one hundred pancakes for the grateful hordes. Click here to view the photos.

Jonny Herring from Bristol University Christian Union gave a thought provoking talk about the origins of why we celebrate Pancake Day and how countries across the world celebrate.

All in all a great night in. Many thanks to the Holy Trinity team. The question is, will people be giving up sweet things for lent? ….we do hope not. Cream Teas continue on Mondays until the end of term

From the BISC Lecture evening....

International Feast and BISC Lecture

Between 30 and 40 people gathered at BISC on Wednesday evening, bearing dishes from all over the world for us to try. We enjoyed Japanese home -madesushi, meatballs from Croatia and Denmark, German cheesy noodles, Portuguese shrimp cakes and many other interesting and delicious foods! And then of course, there were plenty of cakes, a cherry pudding, Chinese sweet soup and English trifle for desert.

Following the feast, everyone stayed around for the talk by Canon George Kavoor of Trinity College, Bristol. All agreed that it was a very entertaining talk - he even managed to get us all up on our feet doing African dancing, as well as drawing some lessons about life from a postage stamp! The photos can be found here. What did you think of the evening? Did you enjoy it as much as we did?

Swan Lake

On Tuesday 6th February, the BISC team headed for the theatre to see the Russian Ballet’s performance of “Swan Lake.”

A noble prince is mesmerised by a beautiful swan princess. She has been cursed so that she will never attain her heart’s desire in the human realm. She must remain forever upon the frozen, moonlit waters.

Extraordinary arabesques, pirouettes and set pieces ensued, accompanied by Tchaikovsky’s hauntingly beautiful score in this classic performance.

Amidst the poignant tragedy of the elegant and majestic duo, the performance also involved a range of visually stunning and impressive characters: a talented spinning harlequin jester; Spanish flamenco dancers in black and white with flashes of scarlet, dancing to rhythmical castanets; Italian lute players with burgundy tambourines and flowing ribbons; Eastern European folk dancers in blue, white and gold; others in purple velvet and pearls.

A great time was had by all, although some of the arabesques should have come with a health warning: don’t try this at home, and especially not in the BISC office.

Did you go? What were your thoughts? (Click on the 'comments' box below and share)

Cardiff and Big Pit Trip

As you can see from the photos, we arrived in Wales to find lots of snow! Following a safety check of the Big Pit, we journeyed 90 meters underground (minus our bags and cameras) for a tour with miner and came back much wiser about the mining process and conditions. The afternoon was much more of a contrast as we walked the elaborate corridors and rooms of the well decorated Cardiff Castle and saw much gold and colour, a contrast to the black of the coal mines. Thanks for Joe, our BISC helper, for all the photos. We hope you enjoyed the day out as much as we did. Let us know your thoughts below.

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Pizza and Ice Skating Evening

After enjoying delicious home cooked pizza at BISC, a group of 21 of us walked down to the ice rink to join a few extra friends for the 'disco session' in the evening. Most of us lived to tell the tale, although one member of the group nearly lost her finger! Thanks to Tom for the photos.
The un-official 'Dancing on Ice' award goes to Tom and Rainy who were by far
the most elegant on the ice! Guillaume also impressed us with his ice hockey
experience, and credit to the rest of us who stayed upright with little or
no previous practice! View the photos here. Add your comments by clicking the 'comments' link below this post, or email your photos to biscblog@bisc.org.uk; tell us what you think!