Letter from London

London Calling    Tuesday, February 4, 2025

T.S Eliot gets it wrong … Harry cleans up in a fresh round with Murdoch’s hacking hacks … All aboard Rebekah Brooks’ “clean ship” … Windy woman restrained from further flatulent abuse … Trump claims “sovereign immunity” to skip paying legal costs of £300,000 … Floyd Alexander-Hunt reports from Blighty

 

Shmagatha Shmistie 2.0

London Calling    Friday, December 6, 2024

Another round with Vardy and Rooney … Remote evidence from a witness – on the bus … Brazilian magistrate looses his shirt … CV qualifications propped up by pork pies … Fast justice by Scissors & Paste … Floyd Alexander-Hunt in London with the latest regrettable court-related conduct

 

A trial for France

Foreign Correspondence    Monday, November 25, 2024

French teacher beheaded after showing caricatures of Mohammed to the class … Young student’s false claim ends in tragedy … Misinformation takes off on social media … Media storm … Religion infiltrates public life … Trials unfold … Hugh Vuillier reports

 

London Calling

London Calling    Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Vitamin D deficiency … Anti-vax solicitor birched for “friendly warning” to schools … Budget measures hit private school fee payers and their personal jets … Robing room “humour” … Equality and sensitivity training missing in action … Floyd Alexander-Hunt reports from Blighty

 

Huis clos

Foreign Correspondence    Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Public glare on rape trial in France … Survivor demands the proceedings be open … The spectacle of misery … Unsettling details … Traumatising complainants … The case of Gisèle Pelicot … Hugh Vuillier reports

 

London Calling

London Calling    Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Vitamin D deficiency … Anti-vax solicitor birched for “friendly warning” to schools … Budget measures hit private school fee payers and their personal jets … Robing room “humour” … Equality and sensitivity training missing in action … Floyd Alexander-Hunt reports from Blighty

 

Online incitements

    Monday, October 7, 2024

Riots in English cities fed by online misinformation about refugees … Policing and prosecution policies … Fast and furious processing of offenders … Online Safety Act grapples with new challenges … Increased policing of speech on tech platforms … Hugh Vuillier reports from London

 

Postcard from London

London Calling    Thursday, October 3, 2024

Watching Starmer mince the sausages … How to move a file from the inactive list … Court’s failed email notification system …Sleep monitors want to measure the extent of lawyers’ restfulness … Floyd Alexander-Hunt reporting from London