Monthly Archives: October 2008

What I did on my holidays

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Charles Lambert

I’m tempted to make this a photographic record but there is a limit to the number of atmospheric shots – shingle beaches, empty oyster shells (empty because you always remember the camera after the oyster has been slurped down), half-timbered … Continue reading →

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Bear with me…

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Charles Lambert

… for a few more days. I’ll be back! It’s a technical thing.

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Economising

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Charles Lambert

According to today’s Repubblica, sales of the Economist around the Italian parliament buildings have plummeted since Berlusconi returned to power. I wonder why. The new deputies and senators aren’t buying the Financial Times or the Wall Street Journal either. Maybe … Continue reading →

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It’s out! Out, I tell you!

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Well, today’s the big day. The Scent of Cinnamon and Other Stories is now officially available from all good booksellers. If you pester them. Go on. Pester them. And, of course, from Amazon. You can order it directly from this … Continue reading →

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Binned

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Thanks to Steve Bell for this. If only Thatcher were well enough to enjoy the sight of disastrously deregulated banks being nationalised throughout the free world….

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Carnevale (no, not that one)

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Only yesterday, Italy’s minister of justice ‘Choochieface’ Alfano was talking about rejuvenating the judiciary. Now it appears there are plans to pass one of those ad personam laws for which Italy is becoming sadly famous (or would be if the … Continue reading →

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Borges and di Giovanni

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Charles Lambert

When I first read Borges as a teenager I was thrilled, enthralled, puzzled, inspired. Years later, a collected Borges was published and I thought it would be a good oportunity to reacquaint myself with the entire body of work. As … Continue reading →

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Monkey

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Another gem, via Jesus’ General. Who is this jerk?

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Matthew Shepard

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Ten years after Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten and left to die on a barbed wire fence, Barack Obama has this to say. “Today, we pause to remember the heartbreaking and senseless murder of Matthew Shepard. A freshman at the … Continue reading →

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Pat Boone surprised by joy

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Charles Lambert

After the extraordinary success on this blog of Silvio Berlusconi’s penis, I thought I’d lower the hurdle of acceptability even further by posting this. I don’t remember where it came from – maybe someone can help me? What I do … Continue reading →

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