

- Jan 25
- 8 min
Trick Your Marker into Giving You a First
Getting a first in an assessment does require critical thinking and a nice structure and blah blah blah. But there are very easy ways you...

- Sep 23, 2021
- 4 min
How to Profit from Going to Prison
So in the endless lull that is our five month summer holidays, I've been trying to keep engaged in my degree by reading and listening to...


- Sep 16, 2021
- 2 min
"Self awareness does not absolve anybody of anything"
If you're a self-deprecating Gen X/Zoomer with a Netflix account, then you've almost certainly seen Bo Burnham's fantastical new special:...


- Sep 5, 2021
- 3 min
Meritocracy vs Inherited Wealth
While in the shower - where all good thoughts happen - I was struck by the idea that a key, underpinning idea in capitalism (that isn't...


- Aug 24, 2021
- 2 min
Powdered Wigs and Fragile Men: Courtrooms of the UK
If you're lucky enough to have attended a Crown Court, then you'll have noticed the peculiar way you're transported decades - perhaps...


- Aug 17, 2021
- 2 min
Popping My Court Room Cherry
After an arranged shadowing experience with a lawyer pal in Durham flopped (defence barrister got Covid), I decided to take matters into...


- Jul 29, 2021
- 4 min
Nifty Colonial Scholar Quotes
So I've been reading a lot of work by post-colonial scholars recently. Mainly: - Edward Said's 'Orientalism' - Gayatri Spivak's 'Can the...