Welcome to the unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum - for discussing everything CH/Old Blue related. All pupils, parents, families, staff, Old Blues and anyone else related to CH are welcome to browse the boards, register and contribute.
Share your memories and stories from the Hertford Christ's Hospital School, which closed in 1985, when the two schools integrated to the Horsham site....
Does that mean that it is not possible to libel the dead, so once someone is dead you can write whatever you like about them? Or does it mean that you are not allowed to write anything that could be considered libellous about someone who is dead?
Not sure but I think there's a certain amount of risk involved. Haven't there been cases of people being portrayed in books under false names (or even perhaps no name at all) and it being so obvious who it is that it has been taken to court?
Would have to ask legal advice on this one though!
Of course if you write that SWSNBN was a beautiful and inspiring person I don't suppose anyone could call this libel......
Fiction perhaps, from all I've read on this forum!
One thing that really has stuck in my mind is Maggie's version of a verse of the Foundation Hymn. It should live on! I would certainly ask her permission...
Perhaps The Book should be put on hold for, say, a decade? But, as I said on Facebook, there are loads of genuinely funny and crazy reminiscences that wouldn't offend anyone!
"Baldrick, you wouldn't recognise a cunning plan if it painted itself purple, and danced naked on top of a harpsichord singing "Cunning plans are here again.""
More than enough I should think - and I don't think that descriptions of members of staff in all their eccentricity is very likely to unleash a libel case. I would just do it and have fun with it.
You wrote so well - so vividly - I felt I was there with you!
"Baldrick, you wouldn't recognise a cunning plan if it painted itself purple, and danced naked on top of a harpsichord singing "Cunning plans are here again.""
