It is hard now to imagine quite how special it was for those sitting close to their family wireless back in 1932 when they heard a voice from over 10,000 miles saying “I speak now from my home [Sandringham] and from my heart to you all; to men and women so cut off by the snows, the… Read More »
The Law Bod is delighted to be able to announce that the Bodleian Libraries have negotiated the purchase of all the e-books included in the package Hart Publishing Law Collections 2014 – 2017 in perpetuity from Bloomsbury Professional This purchase means that 380 Hart books which previously the Law Bod held in print are now also available online.… Read More »
Pandemic is a whole series of board games where players work as a team to save the world In later editions new characters have been included – such as The Contingency Planner and The Quarantine Specialist. What worries us is that none of them yet seem to include a character called The Legislator or The… Read More »
George R.R. Martin neatly encapsulates the precariousness of being a character in A Game of Thrones, the televised version & extension to his books. A game built on such an ethos is clearly what anyone’s Christmas needs! Games producers have been quick to translate the, err, cut and thrust of the TV series into coloured… Read More »
Let’s start with a game for 3 to 4 year olds – and doting older relatives, happy for an excuse to sit comfortably and engage in minimal mental activity for the writer knows into which category she falls! The object of this Don’t break the ice is to help Phillip the Penguin chop out blocks… Read More »
“On International Women’s Day, let us all pledge to do everything we can to overcome entrenched prejudice, support engagement and activism, and promote gender equality and women’s empowerment.” UN Secretary-General, António Guterres This year, the UN’s chosen theme is “Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030” and women’s economic empowerment in… Read More »
St David’s day! Perhaps it is because we are nearing the end of term, but memories of happy childhood holidays in Wales are bubbling to the surface … The good news is that for the would-be legal historian there is a professional requirement for us to schedule a return visit to the principality soon! For… Read More »
For an academic law library – below is what passes as a veritable rainbow of colourful book covers in celebration! There is a specific LawBod Libguide on LGBT law resources at Oxford. The focus is on the development & experience in the UK – but both the Libguide and the LawBod’s collections do have works… Read More »
Not one but two reasons why law students really should get away from their books – or small screens – & into the cinemas for some legal education courtesy of the big screen. Denial (2016, Mick Jackson & David Hare) is based on Deborah Lipstadt’s book History on Trial: My Day in Court with a… Read More »
On first listening to the strains of There is no one quite like Grandma, this writer’s inner Scrooge leapt out unbidden: initial reaction was “A sugar tax cannot come soon enough!” (It remains to be seen whether the 2016 Budget‘s proposal of a new Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SIDL consultation) from April 2018 will survive… Read More »
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