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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.
I only know him as the subject of paintings by Lucian Freud. He was a performance artist. I now know that he was Australian, and a pal of Boy George.
At my local library yesterday there were a lot of old fashioned (in my mind) cowboy and indian, western books on the shelves. Does this mean they are no longer popular or are so popular they have... ...
Any answers to the national book award hidden book quiz
I have been asked to look at selling a collection of books that were in a library that has been closed for over seventy years. They were recently found in the attic - put there when the building... ...
I've been asked to suggest books to be read to a 5 yr old girl, my previous gifts of "The Faraway Tree and Wishing Chair " have been read again and again, so where do I go from here , I have... ...
Hi, I have acquired a vintage Tretchikoff print (Balinese Girl) but unfortunately, it is badly nicotine stained. I tried cleaning one of these types of prints (60s on board) and ruined it... ...
I think the main character was an estate agent or auctioneer. It was televised 30+ years ago. I recall that WW1 and the loss of so many was pictured as a horse race with men falling at the fences.... ...
"When You Are Old" WHEN you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows... ...
Some of his works seem very strange. Who would commission, or buy one?
20 across: "Tiny work in a note Christie carries". I have ".A...E.H". Help, please.
I got two. Boris Johnson's new one and Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey - coincidentally the only one of hers I haven't read. That was a good guess by the giver!
Anyone here self published a book through Amazon / KDP, and if so any tips or warnings?
Every year I see this non-event and I think it's just an indicator of how insane some people are. Those that enter and those that judge. Either that or it's just one big ssip take.
Hidden Books 2024
I found it yesterday when messing about as usual? https:/
Big fan of Peter James, I've read all of his Grace books and thoroughly enjoyed every one. I can't believe this book was written by the same author. I perservered and finished it but was tempted... ...
Myfanwy Kind o’er the kinderbank leans my Myfanwy,
White o’er the playpen the sheen of her dress,
Fresh from the bathroom and soft in the nursery
Soap scented fingers I long to caress.
Were you a... ...
White o’er the playpen the sheen of her dress,
Fresh from the bathroom and soft in the nursery
Soap scented fingers I long to caress.
Were you a... ...
Hello, Does anybody recognise these opening words and which poem they come from : "Short was their little race below" Thanks
Apparently today is National Poetry Day. I'm not massively into poetry but have loved "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noye since I was a child. I won't post it here because it does go one quite a... ...
Hi, Have an Edgar Hunt animal framed oil. Original. Looking for a gallery that buys that style of painting. Anyone know of one please preferably East Midlands. Don't say auction - 25% fee is a... ...
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