Author Archives: Charles Lambert

Burial Rites, by Hannah Kent

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Charles Lambert

I recently reviewed this book for Trip Fiction. The review begins: “Fiction can provide us with the chance to travel in time as well as in space, on a double trip as it were, and Hannah Kent’s first novel, Burial Rites, … Continue reading →

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Books, by Charlie Hill, and Curtains, by Victor Olliver

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Charles Lambert

Charlie Hill’s Books – at least in part – is set among the shabby shelves of the kind of independent bookshop all too rarely found these days in provincial England: in this case, Birmingham. Its hero, Richard Anger – Hill’s explicit … Continue reading →

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The View from the Tower

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Charles Lambert

The View from the Tower is now available for pre-order on Amazon UK and US, and should soon be arriving, I hope, at a bookseller’s near you. (If it isn’t, make a fuss!) It’s always odd, and exciting, to see … Continue reading →

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A few days in Prague

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Charles Lambert

The woods around Prague are in full autumn splendour right now, the whole range of colours from rose madder to white-gold. The taxi whips us past them; when the tree-cover breaks, we catch glimpses of the city in the distance, … Continue reading →

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Black Country, by Joel Lane, and Marionettes, by Claire Massey

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Charles Lambert

Among my more vivid memories of television as a child was the story of a young man who meets an attractive older woman in Venice and is lured back to her room. They’re already in bed when he realises the … Continue reading →

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Two weeks in Portugal

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Charles Lambert

Sometimes a holiday is more than just a getting away; it can also be a getting back, in every sense. Last year, in South Africa, above and around the uncomplicated joy of visiting a new place and loving the stimulus … Continue reading →

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The sufferings of the world

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Charles Lambert

I’m delighted to say that I’ve just been asked to contribute to a collection of responses to Kafka, to be published next year by Italy’s Institute of Germanic Studies.  Right now, as women and children are abducted by supine, mendacious … Continue reading →

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Rum, nuclear warheads and stiletto heels

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Charles Lambert

As I said in an earlier post, my novella The Slave House is loosely based on some time I spent in Portugal in the late 1970s. It was a difficult time, for Portugal as a whole and for me in particular, … Continue reading →

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Antony and the Johnsons, Rome Auditorium

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Charles Lambert

The first time I saw Antony Hegarty, at the Meltdown curated by Patti Smith some years ago, I barely knew who he was. My sister had won tickets to any event she chose and it’s one of my small regrets … Continue reading →

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Mirrors

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Charles Lambert

Ever heard of The Tomorrow Project? This is what it says about itself. What kind of future do you want to live in? What future do you want to avoid? The Tomorrow Project explores our possible futures through fact-based, science-based fiction and video … Continue reading →

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