Enter the Sardines
"I thought this was supposed to be a movement of young people? Everyone's our age, even older. So far."(...)
Sourcing the Crisis
Chaos reigned on the road between Musso and Dongo, two small towns north of Lake Como. (...)
Brexit and What Comes After
“I’ve applied for Irish citizenship.” Pre-Brexit, this would have been amazing to hear in a cut-glass accent by a late-middle-aged upper-class British woman. But Brexit was looming and she didn’t want any hassle commuting to her country home, in France. (...)
Carola Rackete vs. Matteo Salvini, Part III
Carola Rackete vs. Matteo Salvini, Part II
NGO crews patrolling the Mediterranean for refugees have noticed a change in the treatment of some of their ships.(...)
A True Tale of a Captain, a Judge and a Bullyboy Minister
Pity Il Capitano. Italy’s macho deputy premier is having a rough week being bested by highly-skilled women.(...)
The Self-Defeating Italian Left
The corpses of security guards lay strewn among broken glass and crumpled cars on Via Fani. A dead body, displayed in fetal position, in the trunk of a red Renault 4 and a dejected, thin-faced man with a wry smile posed before the flag of his captors.(...)