Monthly Archives: February 2007

Love tiff at Arcore: Correction

Posted on February 3, 2007 by Charles Lambert

A couple of days ago I said that Berlusconi had been caught flirting with a starlet employed by his television company, Mediaset. Whoops! What I should have said was that he’d been caught flirting with an ex–starlet employed by his … Continue reading →

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The house above the cork forest (3)

Posted on February 2, 2007 by Charles Lambert

It should have been so easy. Of course house-buying is more complicated in Italy than elsewhere, by which I suppose I mean northern Europe, as Joost, our Dutch friend, certainly did. But we’d been through it ourselves, twice, friends had … Continue reading →

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A blacker list

Posted on February 2, 2007 by Charles Lambert

I suppose it’s inevitable that, as you get older, the people you most admire should begin to die at an alarming rate. I’ve just been looking through some English newspapers I bought over Christmas and found The Independent’s Year in … Continue reading →

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A blacklist, or should that be lavender…

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Thank you so much, Love God’s Way! What a helpful list this is if you feel like listening to a little gay-friendly music. There’s something for everyone, from the Scissor Sisters to Barry Manilow. Barry Manilow? My acknowledgements to popbitch … Continue reading →

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Three Stages in Learning to Fly

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Read this, a short piece by Vanessa Gebbie. It’s wonderful.

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Love tiff at Arcore

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Charles Lambert

I’m not quite convinced by this story. Berlusconi’s wife has suffered in silence all these years, even putting up with her husband’s insinuations that she’s having an affair with Massimo Cacciari, philosopher and Mayor of Venice. Now she loses her … Continue reading →

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Old Mother Benedict

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Seen in a restaurant in Cologne, opposite the cathedral, during World Youth Day 2005. Would that Rome were Cologne!

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