We’re back from a five day stint in La Serenissima. Two days of sun and three days of windy drizzle turned out to be a relaxing (and eventful) holiday. More about the eventful part later. There’s loads of bloggable news to be seen to after the break  but we thoroughly enjoyed...

I’d almost apologise for not commenting on the budget but then again there is not much to comment about nowadays. Reactions to the budget could have been predicted much before Tonio Fenech opened his mouth and in any case J’accuse has never professed to be an expert in matters...

You’ve got to love it. I hope the consumers love it. It’s the Independent (UK)’s new offshoot paper called simply “i”. Launched today and costing just 20p per copy it is aimed at what the newspaper is calling “time-poor” people. The trademark of the...

Last Saturday we tripped off to the military town across the border. Well it is military no more and ever since the Franco-German hostilites over Alsace-Lorraine cooled down the city of Metz has been trying to reinvent itself. The Centre Pompidou inaugurated this year goes a long way in...

There’s a logical leap in Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici’s article in today’s Times (The burden of public interest on indissolubility of marriage) that has escaped the attention of the many anti-divorce campaigners who have been linking the article all over facebook. CMB is eager to...