Monthly Archives: November 2007

Warwick Collins: Gents

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Cottaging – the use of public lavatories for fugitive sexual encounters – can be thrilling, titillating, dangerous, delusory, exquisite, sordid, debasing, indescribably erotic, and all these things at once. I should know. I spent a brief summer over thirty years … Continue reading →

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Leg

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Charles Lambert

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At last…

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Charles Lambert

…a charitable way to waste your time, and improve your vocabulary. Click here. As you can see, the labels below are quite irrelevant and are merely attached to this post to draw in the unwary and allow them to do … Continue reading →

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Hey! Save money!

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Charles Lambert

I’ve just noticed, from the Amazon box in my side bar that allows you to pre-order LITTLE MONSTERS, that the price has dropped from £14.99 to only £9.89. I’m not sure how Amazon works, so this may not be a … Continue reading →

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Squabbling over kippers

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Finally, a story that combines great literature, down-and-dirty sex with minors, gratuitous violence and, er, cultural heritage issues. The house in London in which Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud loved, wrote and fought over smoked fish has been saved from … Continue reading →

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Out of strength comes forth, er, strength

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Grr! I don’t know what else to say. Thanks to the generosity and impeccable taste of Ms Baroque, I’ve received the award A Roar for Powerful Words, initiated by The Shameless Lions Writing Circle in recognition of powerful writing. Naturally, … Continue reading →

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War criminal bombs in China, seeks refuge in Vatican

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Charles Lambert

If you’ve seen a British newspaper in the last couple of days, you can write this post yourself. If you haven’t, just google Blair + China + Catholic. And then move on. After all, isn’t that what Jesus would have … Continue reading →

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Taxonomies

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Remember Dewey? The man who classified books in a meaningful way? (Because all taxonomies are meaningful.) Well… Browsing in the Wolverhampton branch of W.H. Smiths today, I noticed that the Biography section has a subsection entitled Tragic Life Stories – … Continue reading →

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Camels

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Charles Lambert

I have a thing about camels. I love their stoicism and superciliousness, as though their hump or humps contained not only life-maintaining fat but also life-enhancing forbearance. I have a small gold camel round my neck; I stroke it often, … Continue reading →

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Mud

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Charles Lambert

One of the saddest aspects of the way Silvio Berlusconi has skewed political and civil life in Italy is the arsenal he’s chosen to vilify and discredit his adversaries. As long as these are politicians it’s part and parcel – … Continue reading →

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