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    Lady Hale is an inspirational figure admired for her historic achievements and for the causes she has championed. Spider Woman is her story.As 'a little girl from a little school in a little village in North Yorkshire', she only went into the law because her headteacher told her she wasn't clever enough to study history. She became the most senior judge in the country but it was an unconventional ... Leer más

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  • Helen's Story

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  • Public Health

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  • Terminal Decline

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  • Deeds Not Words

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  • The Welfare State We're In

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  • Held in contempt

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