Richard Given
@bugsie.bsky.social
Multiple Mini-Dachshund owner (servant?), lawyer, West of England resident. Former (amateur...) Saracens rugby player. Interested in the ethics of lawyers and business, as well as the failure of regulations to account for other regulations....
@joannahs.bsky.social dearest Mr Pickles. We are told that your staff’s relative Daniel has, this morning, been tasked by one of our staff with the job of congratulating you for being a “good boy”. We trust he will deliver this with appropriate treats and cuddles.
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October 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
@joannahs.bsky.social dearest Mr Pickles. We are told that your staff’s relative Daniel has, this morning, been tasked by one of our staff with the job of congratulating you for being a “good boy”. We trust he will deliver this with appropriate treats and cuddles.
Your West Country fan club
Your West Country fan club
@joannahs.bsky.social dear Mr Pickle, please let us know if you’d like our support in the event you start proceedings for being so negligently left out of this week’s “The Diary” column (which was otherwise excellent). We are sure you could make a good case for neglect…
Yours
Ruby, Coco, Lily & Mimi
Yours
Ruby, Coco, Lily & Mimi
January 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
@joannahs.bsky.social dear Mr Pickle, please let us know if you’d like our support in the event you start proceedings for being so negligently left out of this week’s “The Diary” column (which was otherwise excellent). We are sure you could make a good case for neglect…
Yours
Ruby, Coco, Lily & Mimi
Yours
Ruby, Coco, Lily & Mimi
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Happy birthday to Mabel. Despite her occasional worries about the world, she would follow you to the ends of it. Which she proved again a couple of days ago.
December 13, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Happy birthday to Mabel. Despite her occasional worries about the world, she would follow you to the ends of it. Which she proved again a couple of days ago.
Well, that’s a new one for me….
December 6, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Well, that’s a new one for me….
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I wrote a paper called 'Rules for Regulators' in an edited collection, John-Stewart Gordon ed. Smart Technologies and Human Rights (Brill 2021) and others have encouraged me to share it a bit more widely. Link here.
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Main message summarised below.
December 5, 2024 at 11:10 AM
I wrote a paper called 'Rules for Regulators' in an edited collection, John-Stewart Gordon ed. Smart Technologies and Human Rights (Brill 2021) and others have encouraged me to share it a bit more widely. Link here.
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Main message summarised below.
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Main message summarised below.
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This Snow White remake trailer ran before Moana 2 last week. I assumed it was just one that I had erased from my brain — not that it hadn't been released online yet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV46...
Disney’s Snow White | Official Trailer | In Theaters March 21
YouTube video by Disney
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December 3, 2024 at 3:43 PM
This Snow White remake trailer ran before Moana 2 last week. I assumed it was just one that I had erased from my brain — not that it hadn't been released online yet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV46...
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I have said it before and will say it again: The BBC's Natural History Unit is worth the licence fee alone. Over the last 50 years, I have learnt more about the natural world from the BBC than anywhere else. It is a magnificent thing which we should cherish.
December 1, 2024 at 7:14 PM
I have said it before and will say it again: The BBC's Natural History Unit is worth the licence fee alone. Over the last 50 years, I have learnt more about the natural world from the BBC than anywhere else. It is a magnificent thing which we should cherish.
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Interviewing @ChefTomKerridge on #PoliticsHub tonight who gave me the best ever cooking tip:
Cook roast potatoes on the hob THEN LEAVE THEM TO COOL before roasting them using hot oil in the oven
I’m a terrible cook but this really works you’re welcome
Cook roast potatoes on the hob THEN LEAVE THEM TO COOL before roasting them using hot oil in the oven
I’m a terrible cook but this really works you’re welcome
December 2, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Interviewing @ChefTomKerridge on #PoliticsHub tonight who gave me the best ever cooking tip:
Cook roast potatoes on the hob THEN LEAVE THEM TO COOL before roasting them using hot oil in the oven
I’m a terrible cook but this really works you’re welcome
Cook roast potatoes on the hob THEN LEAVE THEM TO COOL before roasting them using hot oil in the oven
I’m a terrible cook but this really works you’re welcome
@financialtimes.com good morning! is the digital edition app having issues this morning? Nothing I try seems to remedy this…
November 30, 2024 at 8:13 AM
@financialtimes.com good morning! is the digital edition app having issues this morning? Nothing I try seems to remedy this…
Red Sky in the morning….
November 28, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Red Sky in the morning….
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Etymology of the day: to be ‘blowing a hoolie’ (or ‘hooley’) was probably inspired by the Orkney word ‘hoolan’, a howling gale, with a touch of the ‘hooley’ that is a very noisy party thrown in.
November 23, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Etymology of the day: to be ‘blowing a hoolie’ (or ‘hooley’) was probably inspired by the Orkney word ‘hoolan’, a howling gale, with a touch of the ‘hooley’ that is a very noisy party thrown in.
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It is lucky that my husband has a birthday between now and Christmas because there are SO MANY amazing #cookbook recommendations below this post! 👇
Thank you 🙏
Thank you 🙏
Does anyone have any #cookbook recommendations for Christmas this year? 🙏
(Husband is a great cook - which is excellent, as I’m a great eater - and he has a fairly huge collection of #cookbooks, but hasn’t had a chance to enjoy much new this year - so new-ish titles ideally please!)
#Recipes #Food
(Husband is a great cook - which is excellent, as I’m a great eater - and he has a fairly huge collection of #cookbooks, but hasn’t had a chance to enjoy much new this year - so new-ish titles ideally please!)
#Recipes #Food
November 23, 2024 at 9:28 PM
It is lucky that my husband has a birthday between now and Christmas because there are SO MANY amazing #cookbook recommendations below this post! 👇
Thank you 🙏
Thank you 🙏
There’s a storm outside?
November 23, 2024 at 4:56 PM
There’s a storm outside?
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Our postofficeproject team won the @ESRC Societal Impact prize last night. Picked from some stellar projects we are as pleased as punch. Watch this video to see why... youtu.be/v99Fj6wjdnA?...
Home
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November 21, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Our postofficeproject team won the @ESRC Societal Impact prize last night. Picked from some stellar projects we are as pleased as punch. Watch this video to see why... youtu.be/v99Fj6wjdnA?...
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Trials are being adjourned from 2024 to 2026 at one London court with capacity issues.
Imagine getting the call to be told your trial (on either side of the courtroom) was being delayed.
It won’t start on time.
Not by 2 hours. Or days. Not by 2 weeks. Or months.
But 2 years.
Imagine getting the call to be told your trial (on either side of the courtroom) was being delayed.
It won’t start on time.
Not by 2 hours. Or days. Not by 2 weeks. Or months.
But 2 years.
November 20, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Trials are being adjourned from 2024 to 2026 at one London court with capacity issues.
Imagine getting the call to be told your trial (on either side of the courtroom) was being delayed.
It won’t start on time.
Not by 2 hours. Or days. Not by 2 weeks. Or months.
But 2 years.
Imagine getting the call to be told your trial (on either side of the courtroom) was being delayed.
It won’t start on time.
Not by 2 hours. Or days. Not by 2 weeks. Or months.
But 2 years.
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The King* is here!
(*of legal journalism. Not the UK)
Excellent news.
(*of legal journalism. Not the UK)
Excellent news.
And delighted to find that so many of my friends are here already.
Very pleased to see that Joshua Rozenberg is here!
@joshuarozenberg.bsky.social
@joshuarozenberg.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 4:33 PM
The King* is here!
(*of legal journalism. Not the UK)
Excellent news.
(*of legal journalism. Not the UK)
Excellent news.
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Fantastic thread - I would say it brings back memories but actually, I remember oddly little of my visit except the overall shabbiness - it was quietly falling apart by November.
In 1999, a great white dome rose in the heart of London, at the place where time begins.
What did it hold?
An artificial wonderland of dreams for a new millennium. A monumental public expenditure. A national boondoggle. "One amazing day".
The Millennium Dome - a design thread.
(orig tweets 2018)
What did it hold?
An artificial wonderland of dreams for a new millennium. A monumental public expenditure. A national boondoggle. "One amazing day".
The Millennium Dome - a design thread.
(orig tweets 2018)
November 19, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Fantastic thread - I would say it brings back memories but actually, I remember oddly little of my visit except the overall shabbiness - it was quietly falling apart by November.
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RNLI Christmas Single... youtu.be/ehv5z80ZwOY?...
Pull Away: RNLI Christmas Single by Police Dog Hogan - PLUS exclusive behind the scenes interview
YouTube video by RNLI
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November 16, 2024 at 7:42 AM
RNLI Christmas Single... youtu.be/ehv5z80ZwOY?...
Is there a tool for “unrolling” a thread of posts ?
November 16, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Is there a tool for “unrolling” a thread of posts ?
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We have to change the way lawyers think and behave. How? Some thoughts... legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/... and for some detail lawyerwatch.wordpress.com/2024/11/14/l...
Moorhead: "We have to change the way lawyers think and behave"
The leading figure on legal ethics in the UK has called for the creation of an independent commission charged with improving “honesty, integrity and effectiveness in the use of law”.
legalfutures.co.uk
November 14, 2024 at 6:40 AM
We have to change the way lawyers think and behave. How? Some thoughts... legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/... and for some detail lawyerwatch.wordpress.com/2024/11/14/l...
Waiting for my train is so peaceful at our local station…
November 11, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Waiting for my train is so peaceful at our local station…
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Hello new followers and thank you! I mainly post about lawyers, often when they might about to get into hot water. There are many fine lawyers on here, and I am also interested in the positive stuff! I am especially interested in the Post Office debacle.
November 10, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Hello new followers and thank you! I mainly post about lawyers, often when they might about to get into hot water. There are many fine lawyers on here, and I am also interested in the positive stuff! I am especially interested in the Post Office debacle.