Is he about 5'10", early-40s, ginger but rapidly balding and speaks a bit like Hugh Grant?

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with three things she should be in a circus.

Office of Budgie Responsibility calls for restraint in providing Trill and cuttlefish bones

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Been reading Sumption's books of lectures over the past few days. His reith lectures feel more perceptive now than i realised at the time of delivery, and his work on law & history and one offs like his lectures on contract interpretation are excellent. But some aspects have aged like fine milk

“blindfolded chimps chucking coloured darts at a constituency map” or, as I call them, “lobby journalists”

Gosh. This is a big issue. Emergency legislation introduced yesterday. The SPICE briefing indicates >£300 million overpaid due to an error in the implementation of policy on unoccupied properties but this is going to be corrected with retrospective effect. All stages to be completed by Thursday.

Just wait until the Amercians start posting and discover the very limited circumstances in which we still have civil juries.

They might be aware, they might not be aware, it's just a shame there's no longer a third option.

English lawyers getting precious about the "right" to jury trials without necessarily being aware of there being no such right for the majority of cases in at least one other part of the UK

How great is this writing? (from The Rings of Saturn)

The Canongate response to Sarah Doyle re her poem about Laika (another piece in the Sunday Times today) has merely reminded me how badly Canongate treated Dan Rhodes.

One of the great radio phone in calls

I like to think of eyes wide shut as being Kubrick finally responding to the dedication he received from Terry Southern

Cricket eh? bloody hell

Stop wasting your time engaging with ai. It only encourages it.

The Flintstones owned this home on a single salary from a husband with only a high school diploma. This was considered normal at the time.

I adopt this approach in teaching law and am grateful to Challenge TV and other repeat filled channels plundering the 70s and 80s for extending the lifespan of my references

Just about time to watch the highlights again 8 or 9 times then bed.

I'm no pollster, but I would suggest "the dead are rising from the grave" might be a bad indicator for the party in power.

The national lottery scratchcard advert suggests buying scratchcards as christmas presents for people. Is this a thing now?

I too could beat two centuries old zombies

Uk supreme court on collective worship in Northern irish education. Wondering how some people who have convinced themselves the Reed Supreme Court largely disregards the ECHR are going to analyse this.

At some point people will accept that line of duty is not a patch on between the lines

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Dear Denmark

Craig Gordon is older than Dino Zoff was in 82

Some fantastic goals tonight. Phenomenal.

Fitba eh? Bloody hell

If I was Scotland manager I would simply get McTominay to score another bicycle kick

Look how high up he got! The man beside him is jumping!

Morning. Here's more Greavsie gold as Jimmy lays into the state of telly (apart from repeats of Batman) and prophesises its future, while Anne looks increasingly exasperated, Mike apparently can't move his neck and there's Adam West too!

Have been reading Sumption's Reith lectures and his Law in a time of crisis recently. The former stands up better a few years on than I found it at the time. Time is making it more relevant and increasing the pertinence of some of the arguments. Law in a time of crisis is really interesting

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I'd like to think so. But a few years in UKHE suggests uni management will learn nothing.

FWIW, the witness couldn't, which rather robbed the apology of its force.

One of the best cross-examinations I've heard started with: "Sir, can you describe what you're apologizing for?" That seems appropriate here.

Network DVD and Blu-rays are available again via Future Network/Quoit Media futurenetwork.wales?v=7885444af42e Liquidated stock apparently. Now I can finally buy Bottoms Up! on blu-ray and never watch it.

Holmes's Homes under the hammer.

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Idk. First versoon seemed about right to me.

Like to assure my students that if you rely on Chat GPT and psychics you will fail the courses we run., and will have a anemic misconduct proceedings initiated against you. Have a great day.

Ireland winning goal and end of match with Irish commentary

If you have interest in watchkng the worst programme ever shown on British television by a proper channel I recommend putting channel 4 plus 1 on for the great British cast off knitting show. Never has a show made me pine more for the return of tv burp. I cried laughing at various bits. Awful telly.

Once again I must stress: If you think I defend the BBC because I've worked for it, you've completely misunderstood. I, and anyone else in this position, am defending the BBC *despite* the fact I've worked for it.

Not interested unless he dances with Jerry mouse