The mothers having their names erased from their children’s birth certificates — by the state
Published by The Daily Mail (16th July, 2023) The shock news arrived without warning in January: Michela Leidi was being... Read Full Article
Italy
The country that closed its psychiatric hospitals
Published by Tortoise (17th December, 2019) Elisabetta Paci spent a year planning to take her own life after deciding her... Read Full Article
Dead pigs expose horrors behind gourmet Parma ham
Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th May, 2018) First came the smell, an acrid stench of ammonia clinging to... Read Full Article
Populist revolt in Italy leaves young at risk of measles
Published by The Times (6th March, 2018) If there is one clear message from the Italian election, it is the... Read Full Article
Putin is winning his war against the West
Published by The i paper (5th March, 2018) The temperatures are below freezing with snow falling, but how sunny the... Read Full Article
The last call
Published by The Mail on Sunday (28th August, 2016) Two British teenagers orphaned in Italy’s earthquake spent all day calling... Read Full Article
How the mafia is causing cancer
Published by Mosaic & The Daily Telegraph magazine (24th June, 2016) A few days before I visited the rather scruffy... Read Full Article
Imagine if Isis was approaching and safety just over the sea
Published by The Independent (23rd February, 2014) The statistics and stories are so extreme they barely register any more. In... Read Full Article
A sick British hostage and torture by Taser
Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th September, 2014) The British aid worker threatened with beheading by Islamic militants in... Read Full Article
Don’t blame foreign players for England’s early exit
Published by The Independent on Sunday (22nd June, 2014) So, we must suffer for another four years: the World Cup... Read Full Article