Category Archives: palermo

Via Parlamento

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Charles Lambert

I took this photograph on the day it was announced that the leader of the regional parliament of Sicily was being investigated for Mafia connections. He isn’t the first: his baby-faced predecessor was famously photographed offering his partners in crime … Continue reading →

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Biofeed? No thanks!

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Charles Lambert

The next time you’re thinking of adding a little extra fertiliser to that rubber plant in the corner of the living room, consider these monsters from Piazza Marina in Palermo and think again. (I’m just there for purposes of scale.)

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The finest dead

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Charles Lambert

Well, what an unsettling experience. Our last afternoon in Palermo and we found ourselves up near the Capuchin monastery, the one whose catacombs are filled with the dried and mummified remains of some of Palermo’s most important citizens. Originally, the … Continue reading →

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