Monthly Archives: January 2008

Travelling

Posted on January 5, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Coming back to London after Christmas, Jane and I were forced by engineering works on the lines to change at Birmingham. Not just trains, but stations. We had to cross the centre of Birmingham on foot, from New Street to … Continue reading →

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Pansies

Posted on January 5, 2008 by Charles Lambert

There’s an interesting piece in today’s Guardian CiF by Mark Lawson. Entitled How fiction lost the plot, it looks at the presumed sorry state of modern fiction publishing and runs through the usual suspects: cliquishness, discrimination, book prize juries descending … Continue reading →

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Family values

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Edi Vesco, the author, among many other things, of a guide to the Harry Potter novels for Italian fans, was murdered by her 18-year-old son last Tuesday. According to the son’s own account, he first tried to rape his mother, … Continue reading →

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Great shoes

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Charles Lambert

http://cdn.channel.aol.com/aolexd_widgets/widget.swf This comes from This Just In, via Monkey Magazine

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Inexplicable labelling

Posted on January 3, 2008 by Charles Lambert
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Unnecessary labelling

Posted on January 3, 2008 by Charles Lambert
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Blair-faced devotion

Posted on January 2, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Well, Tony won’t be answering his elders and betters back any longer, I imagine, now that he’s finally thrown his mendacious lot in with Vatican Inc. It’s only a stone’s throw, by helicopter, to Tuscany, after all, and presumably he’ll … Continue reading →

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Facts

Posted on January 1, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Let’s start the year with a fanfare for rationalism. World-class scientists were asked what, if anything, had changed their minds by John Brockman, a New York literary agent and the man behind the site, Edge. All of them confessed, for … Continue reading →

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Memory

Posted on January 1, 2008 by Charles Lambert

I don’t do New Year’s resolutions as a rule. Why set yourself up to be disappointed? Isn’t that the world’s job? But, watching The History Boys a few days ago (see earlier post) made me realise how few poems I … Continue reading →

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