Monthly Archives: January 2007

FRIDGE POEM

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Charles Lambert

This is a homage to Christopher Smart and to his “Cat Jeoffry/For he is the servant of the Living God”. Click on the image to embiggen.

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What’s civil about this?

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Charles Lambert

The government is still arguing about exactly what to do with all these people who just don’t want to get married and breed. And not only the government. The Italian president, ex-communist Giorgio Napolitano, threw in his tuppenny-hapenny worth a … Continue reading →

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Tiny bitter-sweet unions

Posted on January 30, 2007 by Charles Lambert

This sign has been put up at the entrance to the Jewish quarter of Fondi, where I live, as part of a council drive to attract international tourism to the town. The missing word in line three of the English … Continue reading →

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The last time I saw Richard

Posted on January 30, 2007 by Charles Lambert

…was Rome in 1984. He’d recycled himself as a tout for study holidays in England, with a windowless office in the basement of a travel agency near the station and a Battle of Britain style moustache (or maybe he’d always … Continue reading →

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Richard on the run

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Charles Lambert

I was on holiday in Amalfi with friends, over twenty years ago now. We’d taken the ferry to Capri for the day and were walking across the Piazzetta when I heard someone call my name. Richard was sitting alone at … Continue reading →

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Thank you, Jane!

Posted on January 27, 2007 by Charles Lambert
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Thinking about Cologne

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Charles Lambert

… made me think about an exhibition at the Ludwig Museum, entitled DC: Naked Drawings, a large white room full of drawings done directly on the walls by a Romanian artist called Dan Perjovschi. It was a great show, graffiti … Continue reading →

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The house above the cork forest (2)

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Charles Lambert

We had a phone call from Joost, our friend’s friend/colleague, who’d seen photographs of the house and wanted to know more. He’s Dutch, a director of photography; he’s done scores of TV ads and even features. He’d been in touch … Continue reading →

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Slow food

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Charles Lambert

I had lunch today with an old friend and colleague, between exam shifts in the engineering faculty, processing students for language credits. We were actually in a hurry, so what we were looking for was slow food served fast, rather … Continue reading →

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HEROES

Posted on January 25, 2007 by Charles Lambert

This was first published in Angel Exhaust Ten, edited by Andrew Duncan, its publication solicited, I believe, by John Wilkinson, for which much thanks. It’s an interesting (I hope) hybrid of the Cambridge School and large doses of Lorca. I … Continue reading →

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