Polly Botsford @pollybots

My back is turned on Twitter. please find me on Threads, Insta @pollyabotsford Joined June 2009

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Polly Botsford @pollybots

2 years ago

We have definitely got our wires crossed

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National Theatre @NationalTheatre

2 years ago

A statement from @mrJamesGraham on Gareth Southgate's resignation.

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Polly Botsford @pollybots

2 years ago

Am so nervous, I am having to iron sheets 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Polly Botsford @pollybots

2 years ago

Interesting, niche area of law: trusts for the frozen rich. The law of Thaw?

Revival trusts, which would allow people who get their bodies frozen after death to have their money when they're resurrected someday, touch a fringe area of law and are built on a tower of assumptions. blawgo.com/7U7yQCb

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Polly Botsford @pollybots

2 years ago

Love this story. I was looking at some old essays from uni the other day and found one where my tutor had written: “You must think harder” (with “think” and “harder” underlined.)

Legal Cheek @legalcheek

2 years ago

📝 Law students reveal their worst ever essay feedback legalcheek.com/2024/06/law-st…

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Polly Botsford @pollybots

2 years ago

News of more AI-generated (not literally) litigation: Music labels sue AI song generators Suno and Udio for copyright infringement | Music | The Guardian theguardian.com/music/article/…

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Polly Botsford @pollybots

2 years ago

'In people's eyes, in the swing, tramp and trudge; in the bellow and the uproar; the carriages, motor cars, omnibuses ... in the triumph and jingle and the strange high singing of some aeroplane overhead was what she loved; life; London; this moment of June.' Happy #DallowayDay

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Sophia Proneikos @Pergament_F

2 years ago

"What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy. As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions." "In 1984", Huxley added, "people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure." In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us." Neil Postman," Amusing Ourselves to Death"

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Polly Botsford @pollybots

2 years ago

KlimaSeniorinnen ruling definitely creating waves. See also Sumption: thetimes.co.uk/article/echrs-…

Legal Cheek @legalcheek

2 years ago

📝 Law students reveal their worst ever essay feedback legalcheek.com/2024/06/law-st…

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Polly Botsford @pollybots

2 years ago

Hard to believe this is London.

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amelia gentleman @ameliagentleman

2 years ago

The Bar Council raises concerns about the Garrick Clubs like this can “create the potential for unfair advantage” theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m…

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Joanna Hardy-Susskind @Joanna__Hardy

2 years ago

If you struggle with the idea that 24 people sitting on 2 separate juries could reach different conclusions about narrow facts then I have some incredibly bad news for you about the alternatives to jury trial.

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Polly Botsford @pollybots

2 years ago

Good summary of situation!

Legal Cheek @legalcheek

2 years ago

📝 Law students reveal their worst ever essay feedback legalcheek.com/2024/06/law-st…

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Polly Botsford @pollybots

2 years ago

Astonished to discover that it was as late as 1750 that 29th February was formally recognised in Britain as a day in the calendar (appearing each leap year). What diary chaos there must have been up until then. #LeapYear

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Polly Botsford @pollybots

2 years ago

Given where the world is right now, probably worth a listen… bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

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Financial Times @FT

3 years ago

Meta challenges EU’s landmark digital rules on.ft.com/3ML279j

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Polly Botsford @pollybots

3 years ago

The Speech: what lawyers might find interesting. From data protection to arbitration but no money for justice legalcheek.com/2023/11/parlia…

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Polly Botsford @pollybots

3 years ago

What I learnt at #IBAParis How Barnier negotiated (with the tactic of transparency), to what extent the cab rank rule may be challenged by climate conscience, mediation is a must and if you have any questions, ask ChatGPT Version 4. See everyone in Mexico City 2024!