Author Archives: Charles Lambert

Blair leapfrogs new boss

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Alexander Chancellor, in today’s Guardian tells an amusing tale about Tony Blair being reprimanded by Cardinal Hume for taking part in mass at his wife’s church. Hume pointed out that Blair, as an Anglican, had no right to his sanctimonious … Continue reading →

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Celebrity

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Charles Lambert

I’ve made it! The GoogleAd up at the moment is a link to David Gest’s site. I’m not allowed to tell, or even ask, you to click on it, but I’m sure you’ll need no encouragement. Joan Collins was on … Continue reading →

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Good riddance to…

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Charles Lambert

…the Reverend Jerry Falwell. His vile homophobic ranting preaching career started in the abandoned Donald Duck Bottling Company. Would that it had ended there.

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The Scent of Cinnamon: second review

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Well, it’s not exactly a review, more of a generous nod in my direction. But it has very good things to say about the anthology as a whole, and I am sandwiched between William Trevor and Alice Munro in an … Continue reading →

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Moral relativism

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Charles Lambert

The Secretary of the CEI (Italian Bishops’ Council) has just announced — from a pulpit, no less — that abortion, euthanasia and moral relativism are the enemies of Christianity. He went on to explain that what he actually means by … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Family Day

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Last Saturday, over a million people (I’m quoting the organisers’ possibly over-generous estimate) gathered in Piazza San Giovanni, Rome, to assist the Vatican hierarchy in its dirty war against civil union legislation and, indirectly, the centre-left government. On the same … Continue reading →

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A strange few days

Posted on May 11, 2007 by Charles Lambert

A strange few days, with the kind of strangeness that might have the germ of a story, though it’s too soon to tell. It started on Wednesday morning. I was going to Rome to teach for four hours. This involves … Continue reading →

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Family Day: countdown

Posted on May 9, 2007 by Charles Lambert

A few years ago, holier-than-thou British programmes like Eurotrash revelled in the excesses of Italian television. Remember the strip-tease housewives? The super-camp fortune tellers? The surgically enhanced tits and bums of showgirls and B-list actresses newsreaders and members of parliament? … Continue reading →

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High art and low jinks

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Just a few words about the Beckmann opening last Thursday at the Casa di Goethe. To be honest, I barely saw the opening itself, merely its buffet and bar in the rather lovely courtyard within the palazzo,complete with luxuriant large-leafed … Continue reading →

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Multitasking ad infinitum

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Charles Lambert

As though he didn’t have enough on his hands…(Spotted by Jane on Ridley Road. Nice one, Jane.)

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