Obviously the risk is that if people *aren't* convinced it's different then it might seem more like "lawfare" than justice. Le Figaro (right wing but mainstream newspaper) is running a poll today asking whether readers think the sentence is justified and currently 63% say no.

Some (very) long awaited administrative progress today related to the extremely protracted process of settling my late father’s estate. (Anyone who has had to do this will probably sympathise!) Enjoying a quiet G&T before going back to watch the second half of rugby training.

If you have to be in a shopping centre with a toddler, this surely is the best time for it: you get to watch each shop open up its security barrier one by one and then trundle out the rubbish.

Bit of snow in Paris this morning. Not much to look at (except for the lovely trees), but it is extremely slippery, nothing seems to have been gritted. This is Place Monge, where there's a big market three times a week.

Snow on the roof of St Médard this morning.

A new creative writing (poetry or prose) competition organised by the RNIB & KCL. NB that you need to be in the UK and to be blind or partially sighted in order to enter. Please retweet and forward! Poster attached, with alt text. #poets #poetrycommunity

Fascinating perspective here on contemporary British poetry as seen from France.