Author Archives: Charles Lambert

Fantastic

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Today’s online Guardian has a thing about films of superheroes. It’s not particularly illuminating but it does have this wonderful picture, which I really need to share with you.It comes from the original version of The Fantastic Four, made in … Continue reading →

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Yum

Posted on June 9, 2008 by Charles Lambert

http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/videoplayer/flvplayer.swfNew Wearable Feedbags Let Americans Eat More, Move LessI love this. From the Onion.

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Postscript to postscript

Posted on June 9, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Sorry about this – and believe me, I really am trying to move on – but I was so appalled by this example of partisan journalism, in a country that knows little else, that I felt I had to share … Continue reading →

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Ave Hitler

Posted on June 9, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Now that the catholic church has got a government prepared to present its belly to the clerical boot without any questions being asked, this photograph is a useful reminder of another epoch in which the interests of church and state … Continue reading →

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Pride postscript

Posted on June 8, 2008 by Charles Lambert

I forgot to mention that Rome council’s decision to forbid Gay Pride to wind up in Piazza San Giovanni looked more and more like an own goal yesterday afternoon. San Giovanni’s bigger than Piazza Navona, but it’s also well off … Continue reading →

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Moments of pride

Posted on June 8, 2008 by Charles Lambert
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Dancing on the spot

Posted on June 8, 2008 by Charles Lambert

This was taken in Piazza Navona, towards the end of yesterday’s Gay Pride in Rome. I had, as I always have, a very good time indeed. I danced, I sang, I stared, I photographed. My impression was that there were … Continue reading →

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Ten percent of population, one day of year. Hmm

Posted on June 7, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Gay Pride comes round once again. Last year, the national event was held in Rome and emotions were running high. Family Day, the church-inspired hate-fest had been and gone shortly before and the mood was one of rebellion and righteous … Continue reading →

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Cover story

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Charles Lambert

If you’d like to know my views on buying books in Italy, as well as on the cultural relativism of book covers, all you have to do is click here. You will also find a shameless plug for Little Monsters, … Continue reading →

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Mother goddess

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Charles Lambert

I don’t know what the rest of this year’s Royal Academy Summer Show, curated by Tracey Emin, is like, but the vase in this photograph from today’s Independent looks wonderful. And so does the possibly involuntary halo around Tracey Emin’s … Continue reading →

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