Wintery skies over St Mary’s Abbey, York this afternoon #medievslsky

A magnificent hidden treasure of Irish legal history - the Bechbretha ('bee-judgments') of the Brehon law manuscripts composed in the seventh century (TCD MS 1316/2 page 25) #medievalsky

European Arrest Warrant/proportionality of penalties - New EU law live analysis of interest on the Advocate General's opinion re limits on refusal to execute a European arrest warrant based on proportionality of penalties (C-583/24, Tagu) eulawlive.com/ag-de-la-tou...

A purrfect academic companion keeping watch

For these magnificent Norwegian Forest cats in the snow and ice 'The Road goes ever on and on’ (quote from J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring)

Legal history - New and exciting book out soon -'Celebrating Women in Legal History: Making and Shaping a Discipline' www.bloomsbury.com/uk/celebrati...

CJEU/Internal market - 'The Court Clears France’s ‘Anti-Amazon’ Book Delivery Charge' - EU law live analysis of interest eulawlive.com/op-ed-the-co...

A wonderful visit to the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh recently to see the Lewis chess pieces also included a visit to the museum shop where there was a range of products inspired by the iconic chess pieces. #medievalsky

'The EU and Human Rights, Understanding a Singular Regional Player'- new book of interest out soon which provides a comprehensive exploration of the EU's role, as a regional international organisation, in the protection of human rights within national legal orders. www.wildy.com/isbn/9781509...

Exciting RHS online lecture in February on Queens and the Making of Medieval Europe #medievalsky

Fighting industrial decline with 'Made in Europe' - EU plans 'made in Europe' rules for public purchases of key green technologies to bolster local industry www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

For a medieval Monday, a magnificent hidden treasure of Welsh legal history- a beautifully illustrated manuscript of the Welsh text of the laws of Hywel Dda dating from the 14th century Reference: NLW MS 20143A #medievalsky

'Populism and Courts in an Age of Constitutional Impatience: Judges vs the People' - new book of interest out soon which addresses the rise of populism and its implications for courts and other legal institutions. www.wildy.com/isbn/9781509...

Winter forest magic

Moody blue skies over the historic city of York this afternoon

“Paws on Parchment” - this exhibition looks amazing as do the visiting kittens. (Image below of four foster kittens who visited the exhibition at the Walters Museum shortly after it opened). www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a... #medievalsky

A stunning treasure of legal history containing some of the oldest English laws and which also features a dragon - The magnificient Textus Roffensis. (Textus Roffensis is on display in the crypt of Rochester Cathedral and available online at rochestercathedral.org/textus) #medievalsky

York Minster - Looking forward to visiting soon a new and exciting exhibition at York Minster about York's Patron Saint - St William yorkminster.org/st-william-o... #medievalsky

'Court of Justice clarifies national limits on preliminary references, discrimination and return guarantees concerning EAWs' - New EU law live analysis of interest eulawlive.com/court-of-jus...

New study of interest out on the EU’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... www.sakkoulas-online.gr/reader/88efd...

'Extrajudicial Communication: Perspectives and Practice' - new book of interest out in May 2026 which addresses the phenomena of extrajudicial communication. www.wildy.com/isbn/9781509...

Cat dreamies required ASAP

'Security, Constititionalism and legal systems' - New book of interest out soon www.wildy.com/isbn/9781041...

The Court of Justice of the EU/ Openness and transparency: The CJEU launches a redesigned website which includes a new InfoCuria case-law database and search tool curia.europa.eu/site/ curia.europa.eu/site/upload/...

For a medieval Monday, my favourite treasure of Welsh legal history- a beautifully illustrated manuscript of the Welsh text of the laws of Hywel Dda dating from the 14th century #medievalsky

Court of Justice of the EU - 'The 10 leading judgements of the year' - New EU law live analysis of interest eulawlive.com/weekend-edit...

The stunning star shaped ceiling of the Chapter house, York Minster yesterday. #medievalsky

Winter forest magic

Wintery skies over the majestic York Minster at lunchtime today #medievalsky

“Convergence or Divergence?: Why the EU AI Act and the Council of Europe AI Convention Are Not Competing Regimes” - New EU law live analysis of interest eulawlive.com/op-ed-conver...

A stunning treasure of medieval legal history - The Statutes of the realm, Magna Carta England, first quarter of the 14th century (MS M.1150. Fol. 017r) #medievalsky

Emergency and EU law - New forthcoming book of interest out this year on how EU law should respond to emergencies www.bloomsbury.com/uk/emergency...

'The EU’s AI Experiment Between Regulation, Innovation, and Sovereignty' - new book of significant interest out soon www.europalawpublishing.com/101-89_The-E...

A mysterious medieval treasure - The Voynich Manuscript - and an interesting new study which suggests the mysterious Manuscript may be a medieval cipher archaeologymag.com/2026/01/voyn... #medievalsky

Constitutionalism in the Age of Extremes - New editorial of interest in the Constitutional Studies’ December 2025 issue constitutionalstudies-ojs-utexas.tdl.org/cs/issue/vie...

A stunning treasure of medieval legal history for a medieval Monday - the Codex Hardenbergianus (GKS 1154 folio) - an illustrated law book with magnificent red and gold leaf in the illustrations. permalink.kb.dk/permalink/20... #medievalsky

For the start of 2026 a new and exciting EU law book to read which provides the first comprehensive treatment of the principles shaping EU law: autonomy, conferral, equality, national identity, loyalty, solidarity, supremacy and effectiveness. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/structura...

Ice cold winter skies over Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire today #medievalsky

Knaresborough viaduct in winter

New year winter forest ramble

The majestic York Minster and its spectacular 15th century Great East Window #medievalsky

A purrfect academic companion watching and waiting for the snow to arrive

Wintery blue skies over the magnificent York Minster on New Year’s Eve

New EU law books of interest to look out for in 2026 - 'EU Regulations in Practice: Legislative and Judicial Approaches' www.wildy.com/isbn/9781509...

‘I am at home among the trees’ (JRR Tolkien)

Treasures of legal history - For a medieval Monday a magnificient medieval illuminated legal statutes book containing the 1225 Magna Carta and which was displayed earlier this year at the Weston library in Oxford #medievalsky

A Year in Review: Developments in UK & EU competition law in 2025 that really mattered www.dentons.com/en/insights/...

A stunning York Christmas tree festival at the historic York Minster yesterday

Definitely time for a purrfect academic companion to wake up and climb the Christmas tree again

Artificial Intelligence opinion of interest - ‘how AI is taking us back to the dark ages’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...