Anonymity gives you freedom to say exactly what you feel like saying, the only advantage to having my name and grinning face at the top would be to make money. That would make it work instead of a hobby, and I’d stop enjoying myself.

As another cautiously anonymous law blogger, I would strongly recommend softly, softly, particularly when at the Bar. Many lawyers of both branches of the profession react strangely and negatively to the idea/mere existence of a blog, regardless of the actual content.

That said, I am pretty much relying on my colleagues’ lack of any internet interest beyond lawtel/westlaw for my continued survival at present, that a a careful approach to anonymising content.