Judith Skillen
@jaskillen.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Private Law. Interested in: private law, politics, pop culture, podcasts. Hobbies (some more intermittent): running, guitar, reading, cooking. Special skill: dating songs with surprising accuracy if released between 1994-2011
Effortlessly cool. RIP.
October 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Effortlessly cool. RIP.
Soup season off to a racing start in the Foster Skillen household with this little number:
donalskehan.com/recipes/chil...
Silky, and packs a little punch with the spices. I recommend!
donalskehan.com/recipes/chil...
Silky, and packs a little punch with the spices. I recommend!
Chilli, Coconut Sweet Potato & Red Lentil Soup - Donal Skehan | EAT LIVE GO
This warming curry-style soup is packed with hearty goodness and velvety sweet coconut.
donalskehan.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Soup season off to a racing start in the Foster Skillen household with this little number:
donalskehan.com/recipes/chil...
Silky, and packs a little punch with the spices. I recommend!
donalskehan.com/recipes/chil...
Silky, and packs a little punch with the spices. I recommend!
BIG day for millennial women, HUGE
August 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
BIG day for millennial women, HUGE
In Martha’s Vineyard. It is unbelievably picturesque. But I can’t fully immerse and enjoy it because this town has NO TRAFFIC LIGHTS. And I am *too* fascinated by this.
July 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
In Martha’s Vineyard. It is unbelievably picturesque. But I can’t fully immerse and enjoy it because this town has NO TRAFFIC LIGHTS. And I am *too* fascinated by this.
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UCL are going back to all in person exams. There is no other solution to this problem currently available.
It's not the biggest problem education is facing but at some point the preference of parents and students for coursework and fewer exams is going to collide with the fact that AI probably necessitates a big return to in-person exams
Shocked (not).
June 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
UCL are going back to all in person exams. There is no other solution to this problem currently available.
Been a subscriber since I was 16/17 but I might have to let it go this year.
Fraser Nelson is joining The Times in January as a weekly columnist. Nelson, who began his journalism career in 1996 as a business reporter for the title, said: "I think of no greater honour than being a columnist for this newspaper - and no better time to be doing it."
December 19, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Been a subscriber since I was 16/17 but I might have to let it go this year.
@nigella.bsky.social good morning - I was wondering whether your website have the annual Christmas pudding hunt this year? Have to confess, it’s become a tradition with me!
December 1, 2024 at 8:52 AM
@nigella.bsky.social good morning - I was wondering whether your website have the annual Christmas pudding hunt this year? Have to confess, it’s become a tradition with me!
PSA if you haven’t yet watched Colin from Accounts (iPlayer), you must. The writing and acting are sublime. It will, however, make you want a Border Terrier.
November 9, 2024 at 3:14 PM
PSA if you haven’t yet watched Colin from Accounts (iPlayer), you must. The writing and acting are sublime. It will, however, make you want a Border Terrier.
Feels like 2016 — except now I’m in my 30s so the generalised sense of doom is accompanied by random hip pains and not sleeping well if I have more than two glasses of wine
November 6, 2024 at 8:04 AM
Feels like 2016 — except now I’m in my 30s so the generalised sense of doom is accompanied by random hip pains and not sleeping well if I have more than two glasses of wine
Nice day for a run back home in NI
August 30, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Nice day for a run back home in NI
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This is a very good analysis generally, but its particular charm (for me anyway) is that Lord Sumption attacks the judgment on its own terms: trashing the majority's reading of legal history, principle and precedent.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...
The president’s crimes
The oldest constitution in the world was not made for the political culture of modern America. The Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v United States is a symptom of its crisis
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
August 28, 2024 at 11:01 AM
This is a very good analysis generally, but its particular charm (for me anyway) is that Lord Sumption attacks the judgment on its own terms: trashing the majority's reading of legal history, principle and precedent.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...
The collection grows
August 20, 2024 at 7:23 PM
The collection grows
The Eras tour was sensational. I’ve never experienced an event quite like it — utterly utterly joyful
August 20, 2024 at 12:05 AM
The Eras tour was sensational. I’ve never experienced an event quite like it — utterly utterly joyful
Another successful meeting of the Kennington Private Law Club with @jamessflee.bsky.social and @david-foster.bsky.social
August 18, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Another successful meeting of the Kennington Private Law Club with @jamessflee.bsky.social and @david-foster.bsky.social
Interesting piece in the Sunday Times today —
Universities compete globally and fees should reflect that
www.thetimes.com/article/2c50...
Universities compete globally and fees should reflect that
www.thetimes.com/article/2c50...
Universities compete globally and fees should reflect that
The government could allow fees to rise at least in line with inflation, lower the student loan repayment threshold and consider bringing back means-tested grants
www.thetimes.com
August 18, 2024 at 5:39 AM
Interesting piece in the Sunday Times today —
Universities compete globally and fees should reflect that
www.thetimes.com/article/2c50...
Universities compete globally and fees should reflect that
www.thetimes.com/article/2c50...
Last sms:
Skillen - nice
Last WhatsApp:
Skillen - hisses
Skillen - nice
Last WhatsApp:
Skillen - hisses
Your campaign slogan is your last name and the last text you sent:
Twlldun - We’d all watch it.
Twlldun - We’d all watch it.
August 16, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Last sms:
Skillen - nice
Last WhatsApp:
Skillen - hisses
Skillen - nice
Last WhatsApp:
Skillen - hisses
Sparking joy today - rechargeable pooky lamp
August 16, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Sparking joy today - rechargeable pooky lamp
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I did an interview on "Failed State" for
@instituteforgov.bsky.social's podcast this week.
Great discussion with @drhannahwhite.bsky.social who has also written extensively on many of the issues I cover in the book.
open.spotify.com/episode/0Bh3...
@instituteforgov.bsky.social's podcast this week.
Great discussion with @drhannahwhite.bsky.social who has also written extensively on many of the issues I cover in the book.
open.spotify.com/episode/0Bh3...
Does Sam Freedman have a plan to fix the failed state?
Episode · INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government · As the IfG knows all too well, government sometimes – perhaps often – doesn’t seem to work. So who or what is to blame? Sam Freedman, IfG seni...
open.spotify.com
August 16, 2024 at 8:01 AM
I did an interview on "Failed State" for
@instituteforgov.bsky.social's podcast this week.
Great discussion with @drhannahwhite.bsky.social who has also written extensively on many of the issues I cover in the book.
open.spotify.com/episode/0Bh3...
@instituteforgov.bsky.social's podcast this week.
Great discussion with @drhannahwhite.bsky.social who has also written extensively on many of the issues I cover in the book.
open.spotify.com/episode/0Bh3...
Obligations XI abstract submitted. Either way, will be excited to travel to Boston and see Harvard! We are also thinking of spending a few days in Cape Cod after -- hook the charming East Coast inns to my veins
August 15, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Obligations XI abstract submitted. Either way, will be excited to travel to Boston and see Harvard! We are also thinking of spending a few days in Cape Cod after -- hook the charming East Coast inns to my veins
Another excellent piece in the The Atlantic
August 15, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Another excellent piece in the The Atlantic
Can confirm that Peter is an exemplary cat.
This is where we all go to post pictures of cats now, right?
August 14, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Can confirm that Peter is an exemplary cat.