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Monestizing Prison Experiences

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...

"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:...

Socialist & Capitalist Values: The Parental Lottery

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...

Antiquated and Obsolute: Traditions in the Courtroom

If you're lucky enough to have attended a Crown Court, then you'll have noticed the peculiar way you're transported decades - perhaps...

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...

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...

16 Billion Litres of Shit

I was disheartened, but not suprised, to read this in the Guardian today: "Southern Water has been fined a record £90m for deliberately...

Maisie Wilson's the name, and critisizing criminological theory is the game.

I've been exploring the - mainly fascinating, some times gut wrenchingly depressing - world of law and order in England and Wales for a year now.

When I'm not feeling guilty for finding all of this really interesting, I play piano and walk in the woods looking at trees.

Written for Women in Academia. Discussing the difficulties of being a fresher in 2020 with the Covid-19 university restrictions.

Written for the Egalitarian. Looks at different ways poverty has been measured and how this affects social discourse and gender equality.

Written for Women in Academia. Looks at how past academic journals have shaped court room practise today vis-a-vis victim precipitation.