Maxim Shanahan reporting for Justinian from the Palace of Westminster … PMQs … Paedophilia top of the agenda in the Commons … Mandy goes pantless … Upstream and downstream of politics and the weather
Letter from Rome
Silvana Olivetti Thursday, February 5, 2026Italy’s law year opens to protests … Prosecuting magistrates under political pressure … Si and No campaigns for constitutional change … Latest poll … ICE on hand for US athletes at Winter Olympics … Silvana Olivetti writes
London to a brick
London Calling Friday, January 16, 2026A tipple at the Seven Stars with Roxy Beaujolais … Holborn on a high … Keir crumbling … Clearing the backlog without juries … Sharia law beckons … British values in turmoil … Bright hopes in Oz for beleaguered Brits … Field notes from Maxim Shanahan
It’s blame time
Editorial Wednesday, December 17, 2025Jews, journalism, and antisemitism … Bondi three days on … Knees are jerking … Some nuanced reflections amid the hot air … Justinian picks up the pen after putting it down
Padding up for Waverley
Sports Desk Thursday, November 20, 2025Tony Greig and Geoff Boycott’s role in the making of the Waverley Cricket Club… Grade cricket that attracted top international players … Packer and World Series Cricket … Historic turning point… The commercialisation of cricket … From a sporting activity to a money machine … From Braham Dabscheck
Application of the wet lettuce leaf
Buffalo Bruce Thursday, November 13, 2025Latest in the Wyvill-Southwood-Grant imbroglio …. Top End … Findings of Judicial Commission … Justice Southwood’s reasons in the Stella Maris judicial review case not actuated by malice … Conduct “not optimal” … Other findings about delay and misconduct … Conflicts galore … Excruciating delays … Buffalo Bruce reports
Postcard from Rome
Silvana Olivetti Tuesday, November 4, 2025Independence of the Italian prosecutors struck down by the Senate … Referendum looms … Bent politicians and their supporters celebrate … Judges and Magistrates seen as “enemies of the people” … Judiciary warned to back off … Silvana Olivetti files
Postcard from Rome
Silvana Olivetti Tuesday, September 23, 2025Fresh developments … Berlusconi’s “heavenly victory” … Prosecuting magistrates in peril as politicians invade the patch … Uproar in parliament as vote passes on its way to the Senate … Referendum looms … Silvana Olivetti with the latest