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Author Archives: Charles Lambert
The shopkeeper is always right, well, sometimes
I was in my local profumeria last Sunday. This particular profumeria is the size of a large provincial bookshop (in a town that doesn’t have a bookshop), its walls and shelving units lined with exquisitely packaged small bottles containing liquids … Continue reading
Posted in berlusconi, italy
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News from the very dark cave
The region of Emilia-Romagna has recently established that couples, including those with children, (in lay speak, ‘families’) are entitled to welfare provisions whether they’re married or not. This has attracted the anathema of the local befrocked wingnut cardinal, a certain … Continue reading
Posted in justice, religion, very dark cave
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No-B Day (two weeks late)
Not hot news, I’m afraid. I wrote the following piece the day after the No-Berlusconi Day march in Rome almost two weeks ago, then put it to one side to settle. Well, it has, and there’s nothing I want to … Continue reading
Posted in berlusconi, italy
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Man meets small spiky object. Object wins.
Berlusconi’s bloodied nose is already an exquisitely political space, populated on the one hand by those who see the Capo’s body as sanctified ground and therefore untouchable (i.e. his supporters) and on the other hand by those who see his … Continue reading
Posted in berlusconi, hypocrisy, italy, politics
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Charlemagne OK but Louis the Pious?
Unusually, as Amazon suggestions go, this one tempted me. Maybe because Louis and Pious are almost, but not quite, a visual rhyme. And then I saw the price. Greetings from Amazon.co.uk, As someone who has purchased or rated On Sparta … Continue reading
Posted in amazon
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Cubism in the round
I’m not sure if this is an offence to, and crass misunderstanding of, the nature of the original work or a useful and evocative reading of it (I suspect the former), but either way it’s worth a look. (Thanks, Erin.)
Posted in art, picasso
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Must be Santa
This is as festive as I plan to get, so far anyway (though I’ll admit I was tempted by the Twelve Gays of Christmas). It’s Dylan, who can (almost) do no wrong, and I think it’s played straight, because otherwise … Continue reading
Posted in bob dylan, christmas, music
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Love came down
Are you enjoying the latest cat-fight as much as I am? I’m talking about the one between the Vatican and the Northern League, after Roberto Calderoli, minister for simplification (and they don’t come much simpler than Calderoli) criticised Milan’s Cardinal … Continue reading
Posted in italy, politics, racism, vatican
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