Monthly Archives: March 2007

Love is all you need (and it’s free!)

Posted on March 18, 2007 by Charles Lambert

If you know of any priests, pastors, vicars, bishops, hey, even popes who need a little TLC, direct them to this site. They’ll never be able to thank you enough.

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I’m a world classic… in Thai

Posted on March 18, 2007 by Charles Lambert

My story SOAP is in very good company on this site. (OK. It’s coming next. But I’m still rubbing shoulders with Henry James and Turgenev.) Pity Wanakam never asked, of course.

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O. Henry Prize

Posted on March 18, 2007 by Charles Lambert

I’ve had to keep quiet about this for over six months, but now that my story is about to be performed at the University of Austin, Texas, on Tuesday (for details click here), I can tell you that THE SCENT … Continue reading →

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THE GIFT

Posted on March 16, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Time for a little poetry after so much unpleasant and utterly disrespectful ranting. This poem, written 33 years ago, was published in a fugitive collection entitled Of Western Limits, containing my work and poems by John Wilkinson, ostensibly written during … Continue reading →

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Frozen warnings from Nico

Posted on March 16, 2007 by Charles Lambert
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Follow the yellow brick road, but not to Tobago

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Charles Lambert

This comes from popbitch and seems an appropriate appendix to the previous post: Next month’s Plymouth Jazz Festival in Tobago features a headline appearance by Elton John. Not all islanders approve. Breakfast TV show Rise & Shine this week had … Continue reading →

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Archbishop Arsehole strikes again

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Charles Lambert

A New York Times editorial had this to say on 8 March: Denying Rights in Nigeria A poisonous piece of legislation is quickly making its way through the Nigerian National Assembly. Billed as an anti-gay-marriage act, it is a far-reaching … Continue reading →

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Vatican CEO with bitch

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Charles Lambert

This is what the Guardian had to say about the lovely Georg Gänswein shortly after “Eggs” Benedict came to power: Born on July 30 1956, Gänswein grew up in Riedern am Wald, a tiny Bavarian village. He was ordained in … Continue reading →

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Notes from WYD 2005

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Charles Lambert

I wrote this soon after returning from Cologne in the summer of 2005, but now seems an appropriate time to post it: Tram No 7 is one of four trams that cross the Rhein from Deutzer Freiheit to Heumarkt. We … Continue reading →

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Grace… to be born and live…

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Jane just sent me this photograph of a protest in Dalston Lane, in London, about houses and shops being demolished for some brand new city type development and it made me think of Grace Paley, who would no doubt be … Continue reading →

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