Monthly Archives: March 2007

Chancelucky: I’ll take the Constitution for a Thousand Alex (Jeopardy American Style)

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Meanwhile, in another country…. Chancelucky: I’ll take the Constitution for a Thousand Alex (Jeopardy American Style)

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Natural law for beginners (and pontiffs)

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Perhaps someone can explain to me exactly what the connection is between ‘natural law’ and a legal provision to enable someone to continue to live in his/her home after the death of his/her partner? Or to visit that partner in … Continue reading →

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Pontification

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Charles Lambert

A clique of sex-obsessed old men in the Vatican continues its offensive against civil union legislation (read DICO) by stigmatising the demonstration last Saturday in Piazza Farnese as carnivalesque, hysterical, a masquerade and so on. As one who was there, … Continue reading →

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Credit where credit’s due

Posted on March 13, 2007 by Charles Lambert

My first class after ten months away. I explain what the course involves. I tell them what they’ll be learning and how we’ll be doing it and what book we’ll be using, I give them the usual pep talk, making … Continue reading →

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Reasons to be cheerful, if you’re Peter Kay

Posted on March 11, 2007 by Charles Lambert

This article will probably have been blogged by just about every struggling writer in the English-speaking world. So why should I be left out? Sob. Any ideas who ‘Jane’ might be?

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Better a queer citizen than a paedophile priest

Posted on March 11, 2007 by Charles Lambert

The most provocative placard at yesterday’s DICO event was probably this one. But look at the man’s face. Could anything be sweeter?

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A spotted dog

Posted on March 11, 2007 by Charles Lambert

This dog was seen in London by Jane, hanging around outside a shop (the dog, not Jane) and its stance has that mixture of curiosity and patience that I love so much in dogs, a sort of brinkmanship they do … Continue reading →

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DICO day: impressions

Posted on March 11, 2007 by Charles Lambert

The day after, there’s the usual war of numbers: 20,000 according to the police, 80,000 for the organisers; La Repubblica‘s settled on 50,000. Whoever may be right (and I’d go with La Repubblica), Piazza Farnese was jammed with adults, children, … Continue reading →

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When your cavity needs a little filling

Posted on March 9, 2007 by Charles Lambert

The dentist’s chair is often a locus for sexual fantasies but I’ve never seen the notion expressed quite as blatantly as it is in this sign, spotted in Kingsland High Road and snapped by Jane. And if you think the … Continue reading →

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A very few inches of theatrical criticism

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Ostensibly reviewing Equus, the Evening Standard’s Nicholas de Jongh commented: “Never in modern times has such excitement been stirred by the prospect of viewing a very few inches of adolescent male flesh.” Judging from his authoritative tone, De Jongh is … Continue reading →

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