Category Archives: death

Charlton Heston and, er, Morrissey

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Some of Charlton Heston’s reactionary political antics during the last few decades of his life probably warrant one of my Good Riddance posts, but that’s not all there was to the man. This photograph, taken in 1961, shows another, earlier, … Continue reading →

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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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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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Bill Stickers banned, even for death

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Charles Lambert
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Heath Ledger

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Charles Lambert

I don’t know how many hours I’ve spent talking about Brokeback Mountain. The film took us all back to the story, or to the story for the first time; Annie Proulx’s wonderful story. But there was also the partisan aspect … Continue reading →

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Grim reaper

Posted on December 15, 2007 by Charles Lambert

There’s a jolly piece by Andy McSmith in today’s Independent. Entitled Dancing on their graves and triggered by Tina Turner’s unsurprisingly cool response to her ex-husband’s demise, it casts an eye over some of the more memorably sour, if not … Continue reading →

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Good riddance to…

Posted on September 2, 2007 by Charles Lambert

…Leona Helmsley, the hatchet-faced parasite who said that paying taxes was for the ‘little people’ and left her dog $12 million. Maybe they’ll bag her ashes in one of those neat little sachets designed for pooches’ poo.

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Good riddance to…

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Charles Lambert

…Kurt Waldheim. You can read what Robert Fisk has to say about him here. This is a piece from the article: It was an Austrian journalist who alerted me to Waldheim, a reporter whose father had fought in the Wehrmacht, … Continue reading →

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Good riddance to…

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Charles Lambert

…the Reverend Jerry Falwell. His vile homophobic ranting preaching career started in the abandoned Donald Duck Bottling Company. Would that it had ended there.

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It pays to advertise

Posted on March 30, 2007 by Charles Lambert

I thought I’d go with Google’s offer to give me money in return for space on my blog. Which is why you’ll see a tasteful pale blue rectangle in the top right hand corner whenever you visit me. Naturally, the … Continue reading →

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