Monday Mating : Singularly happy
Singularly Happy by Emma As a heterosexual single woman in her late thirties I would like to speak on behalf
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Wednesday Wellbeing : Simple tips for smart people
5 tips from 2 QCs 1. If you’re a barrister, make the most of the flexibility of self employment. It’s
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Wednesday Wellbeing : The Balanced Brief
Regular readers will know that I often write about the physical, emotional and psychological challenges of a busy legal practice.
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Tuesday Tips : 5 qualities in an opponent
5 qualities lawyers say they like in an opponent: 1. That they have read the case papers 2. They are
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Tuesday Trends : Student style by Sabrina
Uni Daze I’m halfway through my degree, and it has gone SO FAST! It’s funny how quickly you fall into
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Thursday Thoughts : Pupil Perspective
A Pupil’s Perspective: by Leah Pupillage is the final stage of training to be a barrister. It is the one
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Monday Mating : The Single Brief : Hello!
Hello and welcome to The Single Brief. Single life can be wonderful; flirty emails, romantic trysts and stomach flipping first
Read MoreFriday Film : 10 things I learnt at the Baftas 2017
10 THINGS I LEARNT AT THE BAFTAS 2017 1. Glamour is best served hot. Ok, we didn’t get the usual
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Friday Film : Newport Beach Film Festival Awards 2017
When I was first asked to cover the Newport Beach Film Festival Awards, I had visions of traipsing across in
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Friday Film : John Hurt RIP
The London Film Critics Circle was hosting its annual awards event the night Philip Seymour Hoffman died. A journalist had
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Friday Film : London Film Critics Awards 2017
As I’ve said before, it’s a tough, dirty chore going to glamorous awards events but, hey, someone’s got to do
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Tuesday Tips : 5 Awkward Submissions
5 Difficult Submissions : well, this is awkward……. 1. Your Honour may have missed that important piece of evidence as
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Thursday Thoughts : Manners maketh the lawyer
When I was a pupil, much like now, I had a sideline career. In the evenings and at weekends I
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Friday Film : Golden Globes -some thoughts
The Golden Globes is a divisive awards show. If your favourites win, it’s a credible precursor to the Oscars. If
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Wednesday Work : Lewes combined court centre
Lewes and ‘the Lewes Combined Court Centre’ A very brief history. By Tim Bergin, family law barrister at 1Crown a
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Tuesday Talent : Ink portrait of George Michael
After I posted our tribute to George Michael featuring an oil painting my brother had made of him years ago,
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Friday Film : Silence : film review by Sara Hemrajani
FILM REVIEW – SILENCE (2016) No other filmmaker conjures images of gangsters and criminal excess as vividly as Martin Scorsese.
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Monday Mourning : Carrie Fisher RIP
(Montage created by Q) There are those who think we would better serve a ‘feminist’ version of the late Carrie
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Monday Music Mourning : George Michael RIP
‘If you’re gonna do it right, do it right’ And he did. Time after time George Michael wrote the right
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Tuesday Talent: Iconic wreaths by BoomBlooms
2016 has been a horrendous year for losing real talent and icons of the screen, pop world, comedy and sport.
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Thursday Thoughts : Wish me Happy Christmas dammit!
A friend recently wished me ‘A happy end of the year.’ Since I don’t normally get wishes for, say, the
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Tuesday Trends : Beauty Santa!
All I want for Christmas…. By Irum Khan, beauty editor I love Christmas. I love the vibe in the city,
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Tuesday Television : To Walk Invisible: The Brontes BBC drama
Wuthering Heights is my all time favourite book. There are others that are better plotted, more crisply written, ‘nicer’ but
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Thursday Thoughts : Mind your language
This week Dame Louise Casey published her report into integration in modern Britain. It’s a hard hitting 200 page review
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Tuesday Tips : 5 qualities lawyers admire in a judge
1. The ability to be genuinely fair 2. A sense of humour – the occasional wry comment, not snark 3.
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