The Burgon Society on Twitter: "🚨 BREAKING: @UoLondon has approved a design change in its PhD and MPhil robes The blue satin edgings on the PhD hood and gown, a feature dating
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Judges queue to enter the annual judges' service at Westminster Palace in central London. Centuries of tradition were broken by the new Lord Chancellor today as he ditched the elaborate robes normally
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