Michael Ashdown

Barrister and legal academic, but more often to be found tweeting on things entirely extra-legal

[Michael Ashdown @AshdownMJ]

@WalkerMarcus I had a similar experience in June - Notre Dame, the Musée d’Orsay and the (marvellous) Musée de Cluny all turned out ok without booking, but I was very glad to have reserved a time at Sainte-Chapelle

[Michael Ashdown @AshdownMJ]

@WalkerMarcus I hope this means that you have been steering @holland_tom towards giving us lots of @TheRestHistory episodes on the history of Cuthbert and Aidan, Northumberland, and early Christianity in Britain!

[Michael Ashdown @AshdownMJ]

@dcsandbrook @TheRestHistory I’ve been saving this up for our half term trip to Scilly next week - thankfully I don’t have sufficiently short shorts to replicate the famous picture!

[Michael Ashdown @AshdownMJ]

@MadelaineLucyH @mehercle A really splendid classicist who has produced an excellent translation (and one which is no less faithful to the original than many others)

[Michael Ashdown @AshdownMJ]

@CapelLofft I am cheered to not be the only person still treating George from Drop the Dead Donkey as a cultural reference point!

[Michael Ashdown @AshdownMJ]

@CapelLofft Farne Islands, Alnwick castle, Dunstanburgh castle, St Cuthbert’s cave, Chesters and Housesteads on Hadrian’s wall. My children also loved the Ad Gefrin museum in Wooler, and our stop at Durham cathedral on the journey back south.

[Michael Ashdown @AshdownMJ]

@CapelLofft The Jinty Nelson biography of Charlemagne is wonderful - I’m part way through at the moment (inspired by @TheRestHistory Charlemagne episodes before Christmas)

[Michael Ashdown @AshdownMJ]

@DrFrancisYoung @AdGefrin We visited on holiday last Easter - we called in for a bite to eat, but enjoyed the museum so much (especially my 7 year old) that we spent most of the afternoon there. The whisky was such a hit that I just received bottles of their Flyte liqueur from 2 different relatives…

[Michael Ashdown @AshdownMJ]

@TheRestHistory This reminded me of the wonderful 12 Days of Christmas series from 2021, which started with Charlemagne’s coronation - and which I am now hugely enjoying re-listening to day by day

[Michael Ashdown @AshdownMJ]

@CapelLofft My then 6 and 4 year olds listened to this avidly and made me read the whole thing to them in one sitting.

[Michael Ashdown @AshdownMJ]

@DrFrancisYoung @patricksturg Perhaps you should get together with others in the same field and agree to write occasional scathing reviews of each other’s work for that purpose

[Michael Ashdown @AshdownMJ]

@jamesrbuk @OxfordCity Isn’t that correct? You look right before crossing to the island from the Said business school side. But when you’re on the island - where the sign is - you do look left for traffic coming from Frideswide square into the station?

[Michael Ashdown @AshdownMJ]

@oldenoughtosay @SuzanGriffiths It’s on Walton Street, opposite OUP. My children both went there recently and loved it (and they give priority for places to Somervillians).

[Michael Ashdown @AshdownMJ]

@oldenoughtosay It was - but surprised to see it available now as Winter Pimms (No 3) was sadly discontinued a few years ago. That said, you could probably winterise ordinary Pimms (No 1) with added brandy, cinnamon etc

[Michael Ashdown @AshdownMJ]

@jamessflee Though s13(1)(a) appears to permit progression to the second declaration only when the High Ct or CoA has made a declaration - not the Sup Ct. Also odd that the CoA appeal looks like a rehearing under s12(9) rather than a CPR 52 appeal from a decision below as being wrong.

[Michael Ashdown @AshdownMJ]

@TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook This was incredible - but goodness me the bar is now set high for future live shows!

[Michael Ashdown @AshdownMJ]

@MrSkinnerTweet @bolshevikBear @2D0XPS Direct age discrimination (not just indirect) can be justified as a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim - see EA 2010 s13(2)

[Michael Ashdown @AshdownMJ]

@liturgicalben Guided tours often book up later and include entry - but are pricier

[Michael Ashdown @AshdownMJ]

@TheRestHistory Would the history of England after 1066 have been in any way different (a few words and town names apart) if the Vikings had never come here?

[Michael Ashdown @AshdownMJ]

@kirstyborthwick X40 bus to walk to Dorchester Abbey, Days lock and Wittenham Clumps - with plenty of pubs and cafes in Dorchester