Lights of the cars go by in streams - seems like I stand pretty much unseen

All my money has gone.

I have no petrol.

If my car doesn't start tomorrow, my parents will find out I have no petrol.

I will be asked how I have spent nearly £2000 in a month considering I don't pay rent or bills.

I will be forced to say "I bought studded thigh-high boots and a Balmain replica".

I haven't even done my Christmas shopping.

I can't go to London tomorrow night.

I have tried my absolute best not to be - but I have resigned myself to the fact I am definitely going to be single for the rest of my life.

I'm not even sad about it. I think I should be.

I want my hair to grow faster.

I need to go on holiday.

I need to read a really good book I've been alternating between reading absolute trash and the Financial times for the past year. So, yeah, absolute trash.

I read a letter I wrote to you when we were 14 yesterday predicting this exact thing would happen and saying I knew we'd pull through. I really hope we do and I'm terrified.

I hate that the battery in my central locking key is running out.

I hate that instead of puting the key in the lock I still stubbornly stand there for minutes on end trying to get the electronic key to work.

I really wish people would stop interfering.

It's not the money Eddy... It's the horrible realisation I must have enjoyed ping-pong.

What became of the New Romantics?

If ever a look needed bringing back...

These sensations barely interest me for another day - I've got the spirit, lose the feeling take the shock away.

“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”

And even though we're moving forward, there's just the right amount of awkward and then today you accidentally...called me "baby"

Vintage goodies snapped up and literally leapt upon within the past month. The purple sequinned cruise dress will be making an appearance at The Secret Garden Party with a battered old bowler and stockings. On an even more exciting note - bidding is currently underway for a retro Moschino BUMBAG.

I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body. ~Elaine Boosler

BPP offers £10,000 scholarship to beautician barrister
Author: Alex Aldridge

30 Nov 2009 | 14:16
A beautician who made national headlines when she defeated one of the country’s biggest property developers in the High Court earlier this month has been offered a £10,000 scholarship by BPP Law School.

Georgina Blackwell, a 23-year old with no legal training from Essex, represented her mother in a High Court dispute with Bellway Homes over access to their garden.

Blackwell took on the case herself after her mother was ordered to pay a five figure sum plus costs for refusing Bellway access to her land. She won this month’s hearing after discovering that the right of access only applied to one wall, with Bellway since paying £75,000 for access to the necessary parts of the Blackwell’s land.

Blackwell, who previously turned down several law degree places after finishing school to help with the family business, has not yet accepted BPP’s offer. She described the opportunity as the chance of a lifetime, adding that “the idea of giving up work again and becoming a student is a bit scary, plus I’ll miss my old job and my lovely clients.”

BPP introduced its LLB, which has start dates in January, May and September, for the first time this year. Blackwell intends to take the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) after completing the LLB, which can be carried out full time over two-three years, or part-time over six. She has also been offered some TV presenting work.

BPP Law School chief executive Peter Crisp said: “We were very impressed with Georgina’s court case, and believe that this experience will be a huge benefit as she pursues her legal career. Our teaching is based on a practical approach, we would hope that her fellow students will be encouraged by what she has achieved. We look forward to her joining BPP, and will follow her career with interest”.Click here to join the Legal Week Student Facebook group
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COMMENTS (TOTAL 7 COMMENTS)

Good on her, this was a story I read with some interest. So it will probably come down to a choice between BPP or the lead in a Hollywood adaptation of the story, in a British Erin Brockovich



They'll be letting in plumbers next.

Hmmm -30 Nov 2009 | 17:54


Gosh, wouldn't that be awful, people try to get into the legal profession based on their ability rather than class background? Whatever next - promotion not dependent on being a member of the right golf club?

Anonymous -01 Dec 2009 | 09:20

fantastic news

But the poor girl will be surrounded by the usual gang of tw8ts at BPP.

Anon -01 Dec 2009 | 16:35


Great PR stunt from BPP...

anon -01 Dec 2009 | 17:56

Didn't she do well?

Good on her x2.

I'm sure this experience will liven up her CV and will make for some interesting pupillage interviews.

Even if she doesn't get pupillage then she's at least appeared in court precisely one more time than, what, 60% of her fellow BVCers ever will!

BTW, good luck for the future if you're reading this. Despite everything the negative-minded cynics say, class is not a barrier to entry to the Bar. And can I also say that I saw your picture in the paper and thought you were really pretty!

L. R. Corvette Esq -02 Dec 2009 | 20:18

@ Hmmmm

We'll need to let plumbers in as so many lawyers have left the profession to be plumbers!

Anon -03 Dec 2009 | 11:54

Then they ran out of cake

A French museum-workers' strike widened on Thursday, forcing the closure of two of the country's most prominent attractions: the Louvre and the Palace of Versailles.

French workers continued their protest against the government's plans to replace just one out of every two retiring public servants and make cuts to certain subsidies — decisions that will strongly affect organizations owned by the state, like museums, according to union leaders. The initiative is part of a larger government cost-cutting measure.

The strike began at the Pompidou Centre for modern art in late November and expanded to the Musée d'Orsay, the Rodin Museum, the Arc de Triomphe monument and other sites on Wednesday.

While the Louvre and Versailles remained partially open on Wednesday, officials said they were forced to stay closed on Thursday due to lack of staff.

Union leaders also met with French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand on Wednesday afternoon. However, the talks proved fruitless.

"The reform must be applied," Mitterand told France-2 television on Thursday.

"If we start to make exceptions, we will never get out of this," he said, referring to the budget constraints that prompted the reform.

Nevertheless, union leaders vow to continue with the labour disruption.

"We are pressing on with the strike because we did not obtain what we wanted," said Frederic Sorbier, of the CGT union, as he stood among protesters in front of the Louvre.

"When our managers and the ministers have to face demands, they deny responsibility saying 'I can't do anything, I have no leeway for manoeuvre, I must defer to the president, the president must defer to Europe, and Europe to globalization.' So there's no solution."

Frustrated crowds also milled around outside many landmarks, including the Louvre — widely considered the world's most-visited museum and drawing an average of 15,000 visitors a day.

Fam Irvoll and all things imported