Self-defence in Italy … Outcry over jail term for man defending his property … Death on the footpath … Right-wing politicians vie for the cause … Pardon not appropriate … Politicisation of criminal justice … Our Rome correspondent Silvana Olivetti reports
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Kenneth Widmerpool Tuesday, July 14, 2026England in the heat … Train late for Andy Burnham … Pub life … Sinking cans in the sun … Weed, vapes and shishas … Farage faces Count Binface … What next for fox hunting? … Kenneth Widmerpool files from London
Postcard from Rome
Silvana Olivetti Monday, May 25, 2026Pokey looms for former senior Italian justice official … Leaking damaging documents backfires … Prison anarchist at the centre of the tempest … Case heads to the Cassazione … Silvana Olivetti in Rome with the latest judicial-political grief
Remnants of the Bunga Bunga Era
Silvana Olivetti Monday, May 4, 2026Pardons, politics, and prostitutes … Meloni’s untethered rant … Shady dealings behind a presidential pardon for Berlusconi’s procurer … The Cipriani connection … Scandalo … From our Rome correspondent Silvana Olivetti
A fine vintage
Wendler on Wine Friday, April 17, 2026Wine with Anthony Mason … Jurist and oenophile … Vintage years for wines and for the High Court … Wednesday lunches at Balmoral … Guide to stealing a Mercedes-Benz… Justinian’s wine correspondent Gabriel Wendler reflects on a friendship
Pardon Me
Silvana Olivetti Tuesday, April 14, 2026Italian politics … Presidential pardon for Berlusconi’s bunga bunga favourite … Aiding and abetting prostitution …Offender entirely rehabilitated … Silvana Olivetti with news from Rome
Freedom For Italian Prosecutors
Silvana Olivetti Friday, March 27, 2026Dramatic defeat for Meloni’s referendum … Government in disarray … Purging the culprits … Unsavoury connections … Silvana Olivetti with her Rome Notebook
Rome Postcard
Silvana Olivetti Wednesday, March 4, 2026Plan to strip investigating magistrates of independence … Constitutional referendum looms … “Yes” case getting weaker … Setbacks for Meloni … The shadow of Trump … Who is financing the campaigns? … What are the voters thinking? … Silvana Olivetti files