Monthly Archives: May 2008

A question of style

Posted on May 25, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Yesterday’s Independent had two stories that reflected each other in the revelatory way skewed mirrors sometimes do. The first had to do with Naomi Campbell, who is still spitting fire about her treatment at the hands of British Airways. She … Continue reading →

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Palomino Blitz: I can’t recall

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Charles Lambert
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Ballarò etc

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Charles Lambert

If you’re in Italy tomorrow, speak Italian, have a television, and care about the lettori situation, don’t miss Ballarò on Rai Due around 9 pm. If any of the above conditions do not apply, I suggest you do something more … Continue reading →

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Quotas: footnote

Posted on May 17, 2008 by Charles Lambert

It looks like it’s all to do with numbers. How many people come in, how many people are forced to leave. Alemanno says he’s going to expel 20,000 illegal immigrants from Rome and I wonder how he arrived at this … Continue reading →

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Quotas

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Charles Lambert

We live in interesting times, as the Chinese curse has it. A few months ago, after reading about the treatment meted out to refugees in Britain and thinking about the mood of anti-refugee rage I encounter so often when I’m … Continue reading →

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Duh revisited

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Well, my piece on lettori has led to a predictable hoohah, most of it occasioned less by me than by the mysterious “Luke Rocchi” – mysterious not for any intrinsic value the person might possess, but because of the fact … Continue reading →

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Duh

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Charles Lambert

I’ve been told by someone who doesn’t like my Times Higher Educational Supplement piece about lettori (see below) that my blog is ‘self-serving’. I’ve no doubt he also has strong opinions about the religious identity of the pope and where … Continue reading →

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Travelling

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Charles Lambert
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Ministerium

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Mara Carfagna is Minister for Equal Opportunities in Berlusconi’s new cabinet. This poster comes from an earlier incarnation as calendar fodder and, oddly, wasn’t used to promote her campaign during the recent elections. Possibly because Italian voters aren’t actually allowed … Continue reading →

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Holy shit

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Charles Lambert

My sister normally reads these posts from work, but she had a surprise last week. The server her workplace uses wouldn’t let her open the blog. When she told me about it a couple of days ago I thought she … Continue reading →

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