This is an informal talk I gave at a 2-day conference on 26-27 June 2026 in honour of my partner, Costas Douzinas. Talks and eulogies were given by critical legal scholars, philosophers, political theorists, and political researchers – all very erudite and serious. But I had the task of speaking about the ‘personal Costas’, as well as embarrassing him. I did my best. The first thing Costas sees when he wakes from sleep in our Bloomsbury flat, is Sophia Kalogeropoulou’s Od