Author Archives: Charles Lambert

How to become a full professor in Italy

Posted on February 6, 2007 by Charles Lambert

a) Wait until the university in which you work as a lecturer invites applications for a full professorship.b) Write a book of no academic value by throwing together work from other books and stealing material from colleagues further down the … Continue reading →

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Bulgarian charm

Posted on February 5, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Bulgaria joined the EU this year and we were lucky enough to have a Bulgarian friend (Hello, Izzy!) in our house on New Year’s Eve. This meant not only that we celebrated twice (once at 11 and once at midnight, … Continue reading →

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Legless

Posted on February 4, 2007 by Charles Lambert

I’ve been fretting about an article I read a few days ago, written by a woman with something now known as body identity integrity disorder (BIID). This is apparently short-hand, if that isn’t too loaded a term, for the overwhelming … Continue reading →

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And another pot

Posted on February 4, 2007 by Charles Lambert

A painted one this time. A pot that looks like an egg, a seed, the head of a spermatozoon. Giuseppe did it some years ago now and I want it as the cover of a book I still haven’t written. … Continue reading →

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Violent passions, horror and suspense

Posted on February 3, 2007 by Charles Lambert

I’ve recently been discussing Paul Bowles with Brian Howell (Hello, Brian!) on Zoetrope and it sent me off to re-read a couple of his short stories in The Delicate Prey. Hmm. I’m still not convinced by Bowles, but I love … Continue reading →

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Pots

Posted on February 3, 2007 by Charles Lambert

I’ve got three small ceramic pots by Christiane Perrochon that are among the loveliest things I’ve ever owned. They’re no more than four or five inches high. In the photograph, they’re standing on my study floor and I’ve only just … Continue reading →

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Love tiff at Arcore: Correction

Posted on February 3, 2007 by Charles Lambert

A couple of days ago I said that Berlusconi had been caught flirting with a starlet employed by his television company, Mediaset. Whoops! What I should have said was that he’d been caught flirting with an ex–starlet employed by his … Continue reading →

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The house above the cork forest (3)

Posted on February 2, 2007 by Charles Lambert

It should have been so easy. Of course house-buying is more complicated in Italy than elsewhere, by which I suppose I mean northern Europe, as Joost, our Dutch friend, certainly did. But we’d been through it ourselves, twice, friends had … Continue reading →

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A blacker list

Posted on February 2, 2007 by Charles Lambert

I suppose it’s inevitable that, as you get older, the people you most admire should begin to die at an alarming rate. I’ve just been looking through some English newspapers I bought over Christmas and found The Independent’s Year in … Continue reading →

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A blacklist, or should that be lavender…

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Thank you so much, Love God’s Way! What a helpful list this is if you feel like listening to a little gay-friendly music. There’s something for everyone, from the Scissor Sisters to Barry Manilow. Barry Manilow? My acknowledgements to popbitch … Continue reading →

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