I have been on holiday! A few days still to go but always pleasant to be back in Greece.
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Prolixity from Dr Andrew Tickell. Law & Scottish politics. Senior lecturer in law at GCU Law, Jacobin scribbler, Sunday National columnist, and jaded flâneur.
This sounds appealing. Distilling the soul of an apple. www.theguardian.com/food/2026/au...
Meera Sodha’s recipe for Limmat’s apple cake | Meera Sodha recipes
With its sweet, caramelised edge and soft, creamy apple centre, you’ll be thinking about this cake for months after the first bite
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From the Sheriff Appeal Court: in what circumstances should a judge desert a case simpliciter rather than pro loco et tempore? www.scotcourts.gov.uk/media/1zhlwz...
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Appeal Court upholds order for lifelong restriction for man convicted of s.38 "threatening or abusive behaviour" offence who "partially agreed with the Unabomber’s ideologies and messages but not completely." www.scotcourts.gov.uk/media/5wzlfw...
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Why reporting of Ann Widdecombe killing pushed legal boundaries pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...
Why reporting of Ann Widdecombe killing pushed legal boundaries
Online speculation and potential privacy breaches following Ann Widdecombe’s murder have fuelled concerns on the quality of court reporting.
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This week, my dad stumbled across this 1972 documentary about the folk of St Kilda who ended up in Morvern after they left the island in 1930. My great-grandfather was the local doctor in Lochaline. And lo, here Angus is, in his 80s, caught in time. youtu.be/hR5RjwjeQe8?...
Scotland | St Kilda | interviews with islanders | Documentary Report | 1972
YouTube video by ThamesTv
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Cooking this summer, I've been reminded of the wonderful utility of the humble box grater and how it often produces better textures than all your ⚡️ powered zappers. Grated tomato to top bread. In kebabs or meatballs, simply minced🧅 can be texturally far superior to any chopped.
"The only self-sacrificing and public spirited thing for me to do is reluctantly to accept a lifetime peerage and a job I'm demonstrably unqualified for by any objective standard - in the public interest."
I know I'm inclined towards Jacobin thoughts on such matters - but attempting to present the venal, self-interested & inherently ridiculous grabbing of dangled ermine - after you failed at a democratic route to power - as proof to your dedicated devotion to public service, is repulsive. Pure odium.
Taking this story sideways, this is something you sometimes encounter with undergrad law students too. "I care deeply about this bad thing which happened to me. I want to focus my dissertation on it." Often - a really terrible idea, for the reasons Fleet gives here. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Natalie Fleet leaves 'triggering' safeguarding minister role
The MP for Bolsover has spoken about how she was groomed and raped as a teenager.
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"That'll certainly put an end to suggestions Scottish Labour is a branch office."
"This action, and appeal, have absorbed large amounts of court time and resources, to no benefit to the litigants, the public or the interests of justice." The Sheriff Appeal Court on a fairly wild party litigant case involving allegations of stalking. www.scotcourts.gov.uk/media/3cjkbe...
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A tax exile's lament. Today's column in the Sunday National on the tragic plight of the expatriated billionare not so keen on contributing to the Exchequer but still keen to inflict their political preferences on the country they long skipped out on. www.thenational.scot/politics/262...
Here's why Britain's billionaire exiles still want to meddle in our politics
MONEY, money, money. This summer, British politics can’t seem to get away from filthy lucre: who’s got it, who’s spending it, and why.
thenational.scot
Litigation has many risks. As the ordinary principle is that expenses follow success, finding yourself liable for costs if your case fails is one of them. It seems unlikely the folk who brought this case weren't advised this was a foreseeable consequence. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2627315...
"... an architectural landmark in the streetscape and its wider setting in Possilpark ..." www.scotcourts.gov.uk/media/relbiw...
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Art Deco style sculpted panels by Archibald Dawson representing Industry, Prudence, Thrift, and Courage. They can be found on the facade of the 1927 Scottish Legal Life Assurance Society building on Bothwell Street in Glasgow. #glasgow #sculpture #architecture #architecturephotography
Sheriff Principal Anwar will be the first ever woman of colour to be appointed to the Court of Session since its foundation in 1532 – a fact which has been curiously missing from much of the coverage last week, writes Andrew Tickell ✍️ 🔗 www.thenational.scot/commen...
Significant new appointments to the Court of Session, with five new senators being appointed including outgoing Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain and Sheriff Principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin Aisha Anwar.
Well, at least we already know who can play James Purnell in the inevitable dramatisation of the Andy Burnham story.
Why can't we all just recognise, cherish and celebrate the law compelling public officials to make a series of disingenous and grovelling feudal oaths to the House of Windsor and its heirs and successors, like sensible, rational people? That's what I want to know.
Who bit John Coe? Rather interesting, on West Coast community of killer whales and what kind of beastie could have taken a chunk out of this 60 year old blubber torpedo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wLj...
This Shark Did The Unthinkable Against A Killer Whale
YouTube video by SHARK BYTES
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In an alternative political timeline: Starmer doesn't block Burnham standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election. Burnham loses, tarninshing the brand. Doesn't become Prime Minister. O fortuna.
The window of opportunity for a dignified departure is almost gone. Keir Starmer’s stint as a public man has reached a terminal stage, writes Andrew Tickell ✍️ 🔗 www.thenational.scot/politi...
