Monthly Archives: October 2009

Each family is unhappy in its own way

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Charles Lambert

Lionel Shriver has written an interesting piece on the way her family reacted to a novel in which they felt they’d been portrayed unjustly. As someone who’s currently working on a story that draws on my parents’ early life together, … Continue reading →

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It must be the reference to inches

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Charles Lambert

As anyone who follows this blog will know, I’ve received some strange Amazon recommendations in the past. You know, the ones that start: “As someone who has purchased or rated…’ You can see a couple of them here and here. … Continue reading →

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Nice one, Pat

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Charles Lambert

I haven’t posted a video by Pat Condell recently, so here’s his latest.

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For what it’s worth

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Charles Lambert

OK, here goes. I’ve been fretting about this Polanski business ever since his arrest – like practically everyone else in the western world I hadn’t given it more than the occasional thought before that, which is part of what makes … Continue reading →

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