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Arts & Literature
Welcome To Arts & Literature where we try to answer questions of a scholarly nature.If you are looking for information about books then head to Books & Authors. The Arts section covers all sorts of topics like theatre, exhibitions, paintings and much more.
From the pages of the Daily Mail....Q5. In February, the novelist Jessie Burton admitted she had never enjoyed which novel written by a Bronte sister?
I read my first Stephen King novel decades ago, and I have read around thirty of them since. Like any prolific author, not everything is as good as everything else, but I have to say, having... ...
I am reading a novel and was jarred by a reference to this painting because the author refers to the subject as a woman. I see a man in the painting. What do you think?
National Book Tokens
Anyone read her books? I very much enjoy her Piercy novels and her Roget series. My wife gets engrossed in them, too. I am going to start the Martha Gunn series soon. Will I be... ...
...of the human form that artists use?
A famous artist once painted the view from his lounge window. A friend dropped by, saw the picture and remarked that the painter had omitted a tree on the lawn. The artist went outside and... ...
'I know what they put in the sauce tartare, the sauce tartare in the restaurant car'. And as a result he couldn't be charged -- whether for his meal or with murder I do not know. But can anyone... ...
From the Oxford Book of Short Poems; https:/ /ibb.co /4NGmsx q James was an old friend. Night, night. ...
There is a book written by Neville Shute about a nan successfully treated in a local hospital who then revives the local shipbuilding industry, it's one I read many years ago and would like to... ...
Caboodle Books Quiz
I was cleaning out my books and decided to re read the Cat Who series by Lilian Jackson Braun, light reading for those who know how intelligent their fur babies are. The final two in the series... ...
Does anybody know if you can use a National Book Token (the credit card type) on Amazon?
Every year for the last eight or nine years, I have received the new Jack Reacher novel as a present, they come out this time every year. I have just started reading it, and already feel... ...
In the eighties you could buy a paper packet containing dried thin sticks. When put in a saucer of water they opened up and bloomed into flowers. I think they were paper. They were an inexpensive... ...
I believe there are some out there - fancy winning £1000? https:/ /www.sc ottishf ield.co .uk/cul ture/gl encairn -glass- invites -writer s-to-en ter-ann ual-cri me-shor t-story -compet ition/ ...
It's that time of year when I enjoy a travelogue, written by a witty raconteur who endures hardships and joy along the way. Long distance journey, meeting interesting people and different... ...
Hi there I am just wondering, what is this a form of "This green fruit and my stomach are not friends" Is it a similie or personification? Or something else Many... ...
Thinking of selling some Victorian/Edwardian water colours, and some later Limited Editions. Where is the best place to go, or who to ask for a valuation? Also quite a lot of Victorian and later... ...
In 2015, after Richard Plantagenet ( Richard III )‘s body was found in an unmarked grave, he was given a royal ceremony and reburied. At the service, a poem by Carol Ann Duffy was read by Benedict... ...