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Author Archives: Charles Lambert
C’est si bon
http://www.youtube.com/v/tQ5VaBgXzuM&hl=en&fs=1One of the great television moments of my childhood was watching Eartha Kitt being carried onto the stage of the London Palladium, slinkily curled up on a leopardskin-clad chaise longue borne on the shoulders of muscular men in loincloths, to … Continue reading
Gaia
Ratzinger’s festive message was unusually spirited this year. It’s good to know that old age and too many tennis lessons with the lovely Georg haven’t robbed the old trooper of his sense of humour. In a costume that Widow Twanky … Continue reading
Posted in homophobia, ratzinger
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Today Scott Pack’s top 10, tomorrow the world
After reviewing Little Monsters earlier this year and hosting my Something Rich and Strange virtual book tour a few weeks ago, Scott Pack has included The Scent of Cinnamon on his list of top ten books in 2008. You’re a … Continue reading
Seventeen years
Earlier this year I wrote a brief post about a man called Giuliano Ferrara. Ferrara really isn’t that interesting, except as an over-exposed example of chronic brown-nosing that would take some beating even in Italy, and I wouldn’t bring him … Continue reading
Posted in church, death, englaro, giuliano ferrara, hypocrisy, vatican
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This is all we need
I worried about this some time ago. It looks as though I was right to be worried. (From 3 quarks daily) Sorry, you need to click on the graph to see it properly – I can’t make it shrink to fit…
Posted in creationism, evolution, islam, religion
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Christmas spirit: an antidote
Popbitch has made me laugh and given me a fair number of things to talk – and blog – about over the past few years. They now have a book out, with some of the choicest material to have graced … Continue reading
Last blast before Christmas
John Self has done my Something Rich and Strange virtual book tour proud on his Asylum blog, where I rub shoulders with some of my favourite writers, such as James Kelman and, barely a spit away, Penelope Fitzgerald. It’s thrilling … Continue reading