Monthly Archives: March 2007

On Chesil Beach: a melancholy, long, withdrawing roar…

Posted on March 24, 2007 by Charles Lambert

I’ve just been reading the extract printed in today’s Guardian from the new Ian McEwan novel, to be published next month, and it seems to confirm a tendency that first became evident in Atonement and, alas, all too explicit in … Continue reading →

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I’ve fallen in love with John Callahan

Posted on March 23, 2007 by Charles Lambert

You can find more (and even more gleefully offensive) animations of this sort here.

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Gaultier makes career leap

Posted on March 23, 2007 by Charles Lambert

An incentive, if it’s needed, to visit John Callahan’s site. You’ll find the cartoon to the right under Hate Mail from America. In this specific case the hate mail is from from Dale K., Plantation, who doesn’t like the cartoon … Continue reading →

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Women in wartime (2)

Posted on March 23, 2007 by Charles Lambert

If you’d like to see more of Patrizia Casamirra’s extraordinary collection of photographs of women in wartime (in Argentina, Bosnia, Guatemala, Palestine and Rwanda), get hold of a copy of this week’s Internazionale. And don’t miss the cartoon on p. … Continue reading →

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O. Henry Prize Stories 2007

Posted on March 23, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Well, here it is! It’s got stories by William Trevor, Alice Munro, Ariel Dorfman, Justine Dymond, Eddie Chuculate, Vu Tran, Richard McCann, Joan Silber, Yannick Murphy, Tony D’Souza, Rebecca Curtis, Brian Evenson, Sana Krasikov, Bay Anapol, Jan Ellison, Adam Haslett, … Continue reading →

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Elton speaks out

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Threatened by homophobes in Tobago, Elton John has been saying some important things recently. You can find out more in this article from today’s Independent, but I’d like to draw your attention to this bit: Mr Hernandez has publicly accused … Continue reading →

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Just a taste of what you can see…

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Charles Lambert

… on the blog of a dear friend and someone I’ve known all her life. You’ll find more at Erranti Erotici Eretici.

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Insults: fascist style

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Charles Lambert

One of Berlusconi’s house newspapers, Il Giornale, published an interview last week with the man responsible for Tourism and Sport in Lombardy, the region that includes Milan and is still controlled by the centre-right alliance, such as it is. Piergianni … Continue reading →

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Insults: Taliban style

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Daniele Mastrogiacomo, the Repubblica war correspondent captured by Taliban forces in Afghanistan almost three weeks ago and released on Tuesday, has written a long, informed and moving account of his time as a prisoner. He had a particularly gruelling time … Continue reading →

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The shallowest dream…

Posted on March 20, 2007 by Charles Lambert

…I’ve ever had. Rupert Everett and two ageing English actresses I recognise but can’t name arrive at an airport with a sign saying Rupert Everett airport above the entrance. Everett leaves the plane and sweeps in to the airport, leaving … Continue reading →

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