Monthly Archives: March 2008

My kind of, er, promotion

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Before you throw out yesterday’s Sunday Telegraph (and I haven’t said that very often recently, if ever), take a look at the Travel section, under My Kind of Town. You’ll find a photograph of me, yawn, and an article about … Continue reading →

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Arsehole strikes again

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Anne Berkeley’s alerted me to an excellent blog dealing with Nigeria and, in particular, to a post about the hideously repressive legislation being introduced there against homosexuality. Not yet passed, it’s already being applied with typically religious zeal. Even worse, … Continue reading →

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Me, me, me, face out, piled high

Posted on March 15, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Jane’s been scouting for copies of Little Monsters in a few central London bookshops. Here’s what she found (from Borders and Waterstones). Now don’t say you don’t know where to buy a copy!

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Little Monsters – Good Housekeeping (April 2008) review

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Charles Lambert
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Little Monsters – Daily Mail review

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Charles Lambert
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Hot sex in San Francisco

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Charles Lambert

David Isaak has recently said that the mere mention of sex in a title can increase the number of hits a blog gets exponentially. The title to this post is thus intended to lure unwitting sex fiends, particularly those based … Continue reading →

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A great place to enjoy the sunset from (updated)

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Sedona is extraordinary. We arrived mid-afternoon, driving up from Phoenix, and saw the light play with form and volume and colour, with the road some way below us and the rocks, that hopeless, inadequate word, above. Down to our left, … Continue reading →

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Tengo famiglia

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Three short updates on Italy. (Spot the link.) Salvatore Ferranti, jailed for presumed association with the Mafia, has been granted house arrest because he’s just too fat for his cell. The bed won’t take his weight, the door’s too narrow … Continue reading →

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Wholesale

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Charles Lambert

This is one of those photographs that tourists in the States can’t help but take, a glut of colours and brash cultural references that flatter the observer’s eye while confirming distance, as though we lived in some other universe. The … Continue reading →

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Slot machine

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Is this really that famous – indeed, iconic – portrait by Margaret Cameron of Virginia Woolf? (Click on the photo for a closer look.) If it is, and I’m pretty sure it is, what on earth is she doing on … Continue reading →

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