Author Archives: Charles Lambert

Some are more equal

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Charles Lambert

Remember the ministries in 1984? The Ministry of Peace, responsible for war; the Ministry of Love, responsible for torture? Most governments are more subtle about this sort of thing, but Italy, a country that enjoys subtlety in so many guises, … Continue reading →

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Holiday advice

Posted on May 25, 2009 by Charles Lambert

Just in case you were wondering where to go this summer…

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Family holidays

Posted on May 25, 2009 by Charles Lambert

According to the ex-boyfriend of Noemi Letizia, the 18-year-old knicker model and would-be member of parliament who refers to Silvio Berlusconi as her ‘papi‘, Noemi was invited to one of SB’s villas in Sardinia last summer, along with 30 or … Continue reading →

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Why Italy is boring

Posted on May 23, 2009 by Charles Lambert

I admit it. I’ve been putting this off. Partly because I’m no authority on Italy and don’t want to pass myself off as one. I just live here, along with 60 million other people, many of whom have greater claim … Continue reading →

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Potato

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Charles Lambert

I chose the potato to portray human faces because of the many striking parallels.  Not only is their skin porous like ours, but their skin texture and color is very similar, and like us, they come in different sizes, shapes and … Continue reading →

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Chaka Khan Ain’t Nobody

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Charles Lambert

The sexiest song ever. The sexiest singer. The sexiest, er, leopard- skin dress. And boots. Just plain sexy. http://www.youtube.com/v/PwTvDSpeBAY&hl=en&fs=1

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Salt

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Charles Lambert

Salt Publishing, as you may know by now, has been savagely hit by the credit crunch and is now in officially dire financial straits. All, however, is not lost. If every human being currently alive on the planet orders a … Continue reading →

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Just in case

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Charles Lambert

Just in case you weren’t quite convinced by the short piece in the Bookseller a couple of weeks ago, here’s confirmation from my agent, the wonderful Isobel Dixon of Blake Friedmann, that Picador really have bought my new novel. That’s … Continue reading →

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As someone who has purchased…

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Charles Lambert

Another wacky recommendation from Amazon: As someone who has purchased or rated Flush: A Biography (Oxford World’s Classics) by Virginia Woolf, you might like to know that Letters to a Love Rat is now available.   The mail continues with snippets from reviews of others … Continue reading →

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Chi mi ama mi segua

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Charles Lambert

I don’t want to sound like Berlusconi but I was beginning to develop a bit of a Christ complex. Not because I’m disrespected, as the capo dei capi might say, but because every time I looked to see how many … Continue reading →

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