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2021iii12, Friday: We just don't get it. And most of us simply can't.
"My life has been one long risk assessment." For most of us men, ours hasn't, and we need to recognise what that means.
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2021iii10, Wednesday: Will the press ever change?
Another instalment in that popular game, "Questions to which the answer is no."
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2021iii8, Monday: even the wisest can stumble.
A small and humble disagreement with the UK's best commentator on the law. And the joy of newsletters: a welcome return to pre-Web habits.
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2021iii5, Friday: look closer.
Why taking the time to let the details sink in is critical to good advocacy. And a confession about football.
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2021iii3, Wednesday: data, privacy and the Golden Rule.
If people talk about changing data protection laws, always ask for their philosophy; if they won't say, be suspicious. And two great tales about the file format that makes remote working possible.
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2021iii1, Monday: One person to read re The Bug.
A US publication has two writers I revere. One is simply the best reporter on Covid-19 that I know of.
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2021ii26, Friday: the small things.
The big things are critical. For sanity's sake, the small things are still more so.
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2021ii24, Wednesday: freedom.
10 days of self-isolation is over, and the seaside beckons. Also: what the Emperor's New Clothes can tell us about whistleblowing.
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2021ii22, Monday: tl;dr.
Lord Leggatt is a judicial hero. And, as we now know, he understands that somethings really are too long; didn't read. Also: creative conflict at its best.
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2021ii19, Friday: "Sleaze"... and a Free Man of England.
Rabbie Burns was right. We need to see oursels as ithers see us - particularly where corruption is concerned. And on another tack: a lovely court victory over a dangerously deluded sovereign citizen.
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2021ii17, Wednesday: the other shoe.
So it's four days since I took a test, three since the result. Not much in the way of symptoms. How long, o Lord, how long...
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2021ii15, Monday: Damn.
Positive test. Feeling OK, but that may well not last. Please forgive me, but writing this may not be a priority till I'm through...