Monthly Archives: December 2010

Damon Galgut: The Good Doctor

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Charles Lambert

The Man Booker Prize is a mixed blessing. Certainly, from the point of view of someone who writes novels, the publication of the long list is one of those little disappointments that enliven, and embitter, the literary year, providing – … Continue reading →

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A seed, a shine, a glow; thoughts on Edwin Morgan

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Charles Lambert

Not so much thoughts, perhaps, as a sort of memory. Edwin Morgan came to read for Blue Room, the poetry society John Wilkinson, Charlie Bulbeck and I ran in Cambridge in the early 1970s. Assiduous readers of this blog will … Continue reading →

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Top ten books written by women about gay men

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Charles Lambert

Some of the best books to have been written about the male gay experience in the past hundred years have been written by women. Here are ten of my favourites. (And it would be considerably more difficult to find ten … Continue reading →

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