Author Archives: Charles Lambert

Head overhead

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Charles Lambert
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Head over heels

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Charles Lambert
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Gob-teased

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Charles Lambert

The last place you’d expect to find a review of the O. Henry Prize Stories 2007 is in what purports to be a review of the 2008 collection – just out. But the Manila Standard Today is clearly a paper … Continue reading →

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(Sic) as a parrot

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Watching daytime TV yesterday (yes, I’ve been staying with my mother), I noticed spelling mistakes in two consecutive ads. In the first, for a removal company (I think), ‘geographical’ was spelt ‘georgraphical’ (note the intrusive ‘r’). In the second, claims … Continue reading →

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A question of style

Posted on May 25, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Yesterday’s Independent had two stories that reflected each other in the revelatory way skewed mirrors sometimes do. The first had to do with Naomi Campbell, who is still spitting fire about her treatment at the hands of British Airways. She … Continue reading →

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Palomino Blitz: I can’t recall

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Charles Lambert
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Ballarò etc

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Charles Lambert

If you’re in Italy tomorrow, speak Italian, have a television, and care about the lettori situation, don’t miss Ballarò on Rai Due around 9 pm. If any of the above conditions do not apply, I suggest you do something more … Continue reading →

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Quotas: footnote

Posted on May 17, 2008 by Charles Lambert

It looks like it’s all to do with numbers. How many people come in, how many people are forced to leave. Alemanno says he’s going to expel 20,000 illegal immigrants from Rome and I wonder how he arrived at this … Continue reading →

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Quotas

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Charles Lambert

We live in interesting times, as the Chinese curse has it. A few months ago, after reading about the treatment meted out to refugees in Britain and thinking about the mood of anti-refugee rage I encounter so often when I’m … Continue reading →

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Duh revisited

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Well, my piece on lettori has led to a predictable hoohah, most of it occasioned less by me than by the mysterious “Luke Rocchi” – mysterious not for any intrinsic value the person might possess, but because of the fact … Continue reading →

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