Author Archives: Charles Lambert

Magari

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Charles Lambert

All English speakers of Italian will know how useful the little word magari can be. It expresses regret or longing, irritation or delight, according to tone and context. Whatever it means, it means it more effectively than any single English … Continue reading →

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For I will consider my cat…. (Tilly)

Posted on November 18, 2007 by Charles Lambert

For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry.For he is the servant of the Living God duly and daily serving him.For at the first glance of the glory of God in the East he worships in his way.For this is done … Continue reading →

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Homoeophobia? Common sense

Posted on November 17, 2007 by Charles Lambert

This shouldn’t need doing again, but just in case you still think homoeopathy might have something in it, read this fine new article by Ben Goldacre from today’s Guardian. As long as you’re popping a pill that contains no trace … Continue reading →

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Giuseppe Mallia: Arum lilies

Posted on November 17, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Something for the eye. It hangs in our living room, over a roughly-made probably Yugoslavian pale blue cupboard with very grand fluted columns on each side, and is partially concealed by bottles, an unused oil lamp we bought in Thessaloniki … Continue reading →

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Pip-pipped at the post

Posted on November 17, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Publishing news. Picador has decided to scrap the traditional first-hardback-then-paperback process for literary fiction and to bring out almost all its novels in paperback editions from the outset, producing only a limited run of luxury hardbacks for collectors. The first … Continue reading →

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Warwick Collins: Gents

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Cottaging – the use of public lavatories for fugitive sexual encounters – can be thrilling, titillating, dangerous, delusory, exquisite, sordid, debasing, indescribably erotic, and all these things at once. I should know. I spent a brief summer over thirty years … Continue reading →

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Leg

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Charles Lambert

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At last…

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Charles Lambert

…a charitable way to waste your time, and improve your vocabulary. Click here. As you can see, the labels below are quite irrelevant and are merely attached to this post to draw in the unwary and allow them to do … Continue reading →

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Hey! Save money!

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Charles Lambert

I’ve just noticed, from the Amazon box in my side bar that allows you to pre-order LITTLE MONSTERS, that the price has dropped from £14.99 to only £9.89. I’m not sure how Amazon works, so this may not be a … Continue reading →

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Squabbling over kippers

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Finally, a story that combines great literature, down-and-dirty sex with minors, gratuitous violence and, er, cultural heritage issues. The house in London in which Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud loved, wrote and fought over smoked fish has been saved from … Continue reading →

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