Author Archives: Charles Lambert

Proof…

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Charles Lambert

(Whoops! Sorry. Wrong photograph…) …that Clarissa and I weren’t reading to an empty room at my launch last week.

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Andrew Crozier 1943-2008

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Of all the ‘Cambridge’ poets, Andrew Crozier was the one who touched me most often, and most consistently. Ferry Press was central to the whole enterprise. I loved his intelligence and his eye, and I’m sorry to see him go. … Continue reading →

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Shelf life

Posted on April 6, 2008 by Charles Lambert

The O. Henry Prize Stories 2007 website has been doling out its authors with such parsimony that I was beginning to wonder whether it would ever get to me (and Susan Straight, and Adam Haslett, who may have written my … Continue reading →

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Debord, de trop

Posted on April 5, 2008 by Charles Lambert

ooI’m in England for a few days to see my mother. My visit’s coincided with Naomi Campbell’s recent tantrum at Heathrow’s disaster-struck T5 (luggage to Milan to be sorted…’) and, less excitingly, the return to television of someone called Nigel … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Williams

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Charles Lambert

I first met Jonathan Williams when he came to Cambridge to read for Blue Room, a poetry society founded by John Wilkinson and run by John, his old school-friend Charlie Bulbeck and the more recently co-opted me. I had the … Continue reading →

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Go, little monster

Posted on March 29, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Well, it’s launched. In Rome, at least. My dear friend, Paola, lent me her studio, Dermot from the Almost Corner Bookshop arrived with two large boxes of copies, the fridge was filled with wine, the pizza bianca was hot from … Continue reading →

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Rome launch. Today.

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Charles Lambert and the Almost Corner Bookshopwould be delighted if you couldattend the launch of Little Monsters in Vicolo dell’Atleta 5,Trastevere, Romeon Friday, 28 March 2008,6.30 – 8.30 pm

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A democratic hiccup

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Charles Lambert

People being stripped and lined up for hours on end, on their knees or standing, their hands and heads against the wall. People insulted, derided, beaten with truncheons, bathed in their own urine and blood, forced to sing fascist hymns … Continue reading →

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Polls, polls, polls

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Charles Lambert

If you’d like what looks to me to be an extremely well-informed and regular update on the run-up to the Italian elections, and don’t read Italian, and are tired of the desultory way I address the subject, you could do … Continue reading →

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Jippy x 2

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Charles Lambert

I was reminded of Victoria Wood and Julie Walters by Whitless (see post below), who was actually talking about French and Saunders. They’re good too, or can be, but these two videos from the Victoria Wood show are simply marvellous. … Continue reading →

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