Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

Christmas card writing today - having a flashback to ‘70s childhood trauma of the box of different cards for the class, and having to decide who got a cute one, and who got the photo of baubles. And then the pain when you received a bauble card.

An excellent piece by Yasmin Khan in @theguardian.com – and I’m very relieved the preposterous case against her has been dropped. www.theguardian.com/food/comment...

I feel so much pain for whoever sent the budget details out too early from the OBR. The horror they must have gone through when they realized what they had done. Real ‘there but for the Grace of God…’ time www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Magistrates convict a higher proportion of defendants than juries, so I hope they are also planning to build more prisons.

I’m reading Dame Elizabeth Lane’s autobiography Hear the Other Side. This remarkable woman was not only the first female High Court judge, but she also hired the first female judge’s clerk (on Lord Denning’s recommendation) and was the first female Bencher of an Inn of Court.

I think I am playing Elden Ring and then looking for help online too much, as my iPad now auto corrects any misspelling beginning with E into Erd Tree. My emails are not going to make sense 😂

New post: Tyranny, anarchy and the rule of law: Reflections on a major report by the Constitution Committee publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/20/t...

17 hours left and we just hit £9k! Please keep sharing and pledging! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fli... You are all wonderful and I can't wait to make this book for you!

New post The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...

I’m sure I read in a chancellor’s memoirs (maybe Roy Jenkins or Ken Clarke’s) that he wasn’t even allowed to walk to Parliament for the budget statement in case his demeanour gave a clue about the budget contents and set the markets flapping. Maybe we should go back to that.

I read a book in the ‘80s about a man who didn’t want to be part of the UK having nuclear weapons, so he declared his house and garden a separate country. After the past week’s government announcements, I think I’d like to do that.

There’s a line in the Slough House book Real Tigers - it’s not the hope that kills you. It’s knowing that it’s the hope that kills you that kills you. Kind of how I’m feeling about the government this morning.

There’s a line in the Slough House book Real Tigers - it’s not the hope that kills you. It’s knowing that it’s the hope that kills you that kills you. Kind of how I’m feeling about the government this morning.

Good piece in the Conversation about the Trump /BBC potential case. theconversation.com/trump-v-the-...

NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

Instead of constant soap opera nonsense I wish the papers would focus more on the bills that are being passed. On what is actually being changed (for better or worse). This and crystal ball gazing about the budget is all I see in my timeline. I know they think it’s what people want, but is it?

One thing people kind of tell you, but not really, about middle age: One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing And then you'll say. Wait a second. Fuck 'em

As creators of educational, religious and charitable institutions, women of means found ways to circumvent the patriarchal power structures of medieval society.

I get fed up of the right wing nonsense about London. My family spent half-term in London, felt perfectly safe, enjoyed traveling round, seeing all sorts of sites and people, in a great atmosphere. I’m proud of London - it’s part of what makes this country great.

National Trust council elections saw a defeat for the Restore Trust campaign. 35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee 12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate Non-slate candidated www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

This is a genuinely fascinating piece of research done by Sky on the sewer previously known as Twitter. Having been largely off it for a bit over a month, and having jumped on yesterday for a half an hour to search for insane right wing responses to Mamdani’s win, I can’t tell you just how 1/

I love these

Nobody ever talks about how weird this was

If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home. I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.

This Robert Jenrick football nonsense - he’s trying to appeal to people my age with ‘it was great when you were young’ But we remember, football hooliganism was a national shame. Saying otherwise basically tells us we’re stupid for thinking it was a problem.

My husband has just put on Making Plans for Nigel and announced that in four years it will be 50 years old. No. Just stop it.

Is it me or have spell checkers got significantly worse recently? I just typed ‘aite’ in a document and the spell checker gave me a list of words beginning with ‘a’ that I’ve never heard of instead of the obvious ’site’, because my finger just slipped and hit the wrong key.

The UCL Constitution Unit has an excellent briefing series on UK politics that is perfect for students of all ages and levels. The latest release includes a briefing on #NorthernIreland, which I co-authored. Read it for free here: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo... @conunitucl.bsky.social

The hatemonger Rupert Lowe MP wrote a whiny letter to @thebarcouncil.bsky.social complaining about the Black Interns scheme. Well done Bar Council and Bar Chair for this robust response.

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

Wow! Now this is a bit of a find.

Maybe if Badenoch had studied a subject like English or sociology she would have developed some critical thinking skills and be a bit better at her job.

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet. After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

I started playing Elden Ring recently. Bought it on sale knowing nothing but some people loved it, and had the idea it was a sweet little RPG. Hoo boy, was I wrong. Always avoided Souls-likes before. I game for enjoyment not punishment. However, I’m hooked - it has taken over my days and my dreams.

This makes me so angry. How dare he. Every year my students are driven and engaged, some studying despite dealing with unbelievably hard situations. And ministers like him spout nonsense without troubling to think about how insulting it is.

This is great news and props to my brilliant colleague at Warwick Law School, Vanessa Munro, for playing such a huge part in this.

A new paper from Philip Murray and me: 'In Defence of Classical Administrative Law'. We argue that the voidness of unlawful administrative acts is central to the rule of law and that recent challenges to that view can and should be resisted. publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/09/16/i...

COLUMBO starring Peter Falk debuted as a series #OTD in 1971. “He was perfect,” co-creator William Link said. "And then he got better.” #TVSky #Columbo #ClassicTV

The desecration of critical thinking and research skills by AI is genuinely alarming. Law departments need to warn students of the serious consequences of this kind of failure of professional standards, not encourage them to use these tools that frequently produce manifestly misleading answers.

I got yer timeline cleanse right here, folks. A whole clutch of teeny tiny snapping turtle behbehs emerged one at a time from their underground nest and crossed the gravel road while I and a couple other humans watched and made sure they were safe from anyone else coming along.

How we talk about history is the issue where the media and political discourse is perhaps most out of touch with how out of touch Nigel Farage is with the British public, outside his core vocal minority

I will never apologize for a post

We should crowdfund and give the rights to Hope not Hate

Melvyn Bragg has been one of the last standard-bearers for a really important, and unfashionable, idea: that good conversation, between people who really know their stuff, on complex or difficult subjects, can be fantastic radio - and that the national broadcaster should do this. I hope it endures.

A big problem with UK politics is too many people in power treat it like a game. It’s all point scoring -smart quips. If Reform get in they will dismantle the British way of life, in imitation of the US. Gov need to understand how scary that is for the 70% who don’t want to vote for them.

I think there are a number of people on here who would be interested to see these pics of Dodie Smith’s London pad. www.countrylife.co.uk/interiors/co...

“We reject the far right’s racist lies about ‘protecting’ women and girls. They are not defenders of women – they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division." Words that very much need to be said.