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Hallmark By Oliver Popplewell

Hallmark by Oliver Popplewell


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Presents how the author went to Oxford University to read Philosophy, Politics and Economics as the oldest undergraduate ever to be admitted - with considerable press and media coverage and good-natured amusement among family and friends.

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Hallmark: A Judge's Life at Oxford by Oliver Popplewell

Sir Oliver Popplewell became, in his own words, officially 'judicially senile' after a distinguished career at the Bar, as a High court judge specialising in defamation, arbitration and sports law - an appropriate niche for a Cambridge cricket Blue. And in public life he achieved prominence as chairman of important public enquiries such as the Bradford Stadium disaster. Hallmark: A Judge's Life at Oxford, the sequel to his acclaimed autobiography, Benchmark: Life, Laughter and the Law, tells how he went to Oxford University to read Philosophy, Politics and Economics as the oldest undergraduate ever to be admitted - with considerable press and media coverage and good-natured amusement among family and friends.Here is a sharply observed, sympathetic yet critical picture of modern Oxford seen from the perspective of a leading judge and public figure who could contrast this experience with his Cambridge days from the late 1940s. But this is much more than the story of an older student. It is hugely entertaining account of a life lived to the full. Sir Oliver takes his readers into his confidence, shares his experience and presents a unique facet of a fascinating life which can serve as a warm but sharply observed social and cultural history of modern Britain.

Hallmark Reviews

'Combining the hectic and amusingly far from glamorous life of chaperone to a movie star grand-daughter with that of Oxford fresher, our spry hero chronicles his life with an irresistible blend of shrewd observation, puzzled innocence, self-deprecating candour and comic resignation...Having known Oliver all my life I can only say that when I grow up I would like to be just like him.' Stephen Fry

About Oliver Popplewell

Prior to his retirement, the Honourable Sir Oliver Popplewell was a distinguished High Court judge for nearly twenty years and was involved in a number of celebrated cases over the course of his long career. He subsequently returned to university to take a degree in PPE at Harris Manchester College as Oxford's oldest undergraduate. His previous book, Benchmark: Life, Laughter and the Law, a memoir of his experiences as a judge. is also published by I.B.Tauris.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Stephen Fry CHAPTER 1 JUDICIAL SENILITY CHAPTER 2 GOLDEN SUMMER AND OXFORD CHAPTER 3 SETTLING DOWN CHAPTER 4 BITS AND PIECES CHAPTER 5 EXAMS CHAPTER 6 MORE BITS AND PIECES CHAPTER 7 SECOND YEAR AT OXFORD CHAPTER 8 SECOND YEAR ... CONT. CHAPTER 9 LEGAL NOTES CHAPTER 10 REPORTS CHAPTER 11 SUMMER 2005 CHAPTER 12 LORD CHIEF JUSTICES CHAPTER 13 JOB HUNTING CHAPTER 14 WINTER IN OXFORD CHAPTER 15 THIRD YEAR CHAPTER 16 SUMMER TERM AT OXFORD CHAPTER 17 NEWSPAPERS AND GRIPES CHAPTER 18 FINAL DAYS CHAPTER 19 HOUSES CHAPTER 20 REFLECTIONS ON OXFORD CHAPTER 21 AUSTRALIA CHAPTER 22 ACADEMIA CHAPTER 23 TV ADVENTURE CHAPTER 24 REFLECTIONS

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GOR004426824
9781845117818
1845117816
Hallmark: A Judge's Life at Oxford by Oliver Popplewell
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20090330
240
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