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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Thursday Thoughts : How Did We, The Elite, Get It So Wrong When We’re Usually So Right
How Did We, The Elite, Get It So Wrong When We’re Usually So Right by: Carol Apt, Ph.D. There are
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Tuesday Trends : Our Law in Style event !
I was once against counsel who wore jodhpurs in court. It was a disconcerting experience; her jacket was all business
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Friday Fun: The Greatest Fictional Lawyer Debate
Two years ago when we started itsalawyerslife, we ran a feature asking Who is the Greatest Fictional Lawyer. Even then
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Friday Film :The Light Between Oceans : London premiere
Intimate isn’t a word I would normally use to describe a red carpet film premiere with hundreds of screaming fans
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Friday Film : London Film Festival 2016 highlights
LFF 2016 highlights Best films : LaLaLand is magical, dreamlike and bitterly real at the same time. If you loved
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Friday Film : LFF 2016: A United Kingdom
‘The deep love between these two people helped topple an empire’ said Jack Davenport at the LFF press conference for
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Tuesday Tips : 5 honest pieces of advice for lawyers
1. Beware the slim brief 2. When you know you will be cross examining a difficult witness always wear colour
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Wednesday Wellbeing : Ping goes the practice!
Ping! Ah. Email. The greatest invention for lawyers. Ping and you can exchange positions statements at 2am . Ping and
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Thursday Thoughts : BrexPitt: The end of Brangelina (and hopefully the hate web)
In years to come people will know where they were when they heard that Brangelina was no more. I was
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Monday Mirth :The Archers guide to Family Law: Archer v Titchener
Archer v Titchener By Jennifer Kotilaine, Pauline Troy, Emma Romer and EilidhGardner; all barristers at 42 Bedford Row After the
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Friday Film : Romance is not dead
“People go to see films that have a buzz around them,” said Meryl Streep. We all listened intently, our fingers
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Friday Fun : Greatest fictional lawyer debate: best quotes
Elle Woods from Legally Blonde Vivian: Nice outfit. Elle: Oh, I like your outfit too, except when I dress up
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Tuesday Tips : 5 most embarrassing moments in court
True tales as told to Lawyers life When you walk out of court with dignity only to discover that
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Friday Film : View from Venice: The Venice film festival 2016
1. Venice in August is unlike London in August. In London there are thunderstorms. Venice is hot, hot, gloriously, unbearably,
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Monday Mourning : We don’t talk about death
On 25th August, bank holiday 2014 my mother passed away. In the raw aftermath of grief I wrote the piece
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Thursday Throwback : When Donald Trump loses by Dr Carol Apt
“What Will Happen When The Great White Hope (AKA Donald Trump) Loses The Presidential Election?” Carol Apt, Ph.D. As I
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Tuesday Travel : Big Apple bites: politics
It was instant love the first time I visited New York. Seeing that iconic pre 9/11 skyline as we drove
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Thursday Theatre : Aladdin: theatre review
The audience goodwill was there even before the opulent red curtain went up. ‘A whole new world’ seemed already to
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Thursday Theatre : Breakfast at Tiffany’s: theatre review
I seem to be one of the few people in the Western Hemisphere who hasn’t seen the film version of
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