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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.
For me, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, The Water Babies, Brothers Grimm and Hans Anderson's fairy tales, and one my lovely friend at church gave me and with which I...
If any of you readers out there need a very good read then I would suggest "The Salt Path" by Raynor Winn. A true account of a couple's problems when thay are made homeless. Part is heart rending... ...
Hello, My sister and I were born in the mid 1970's. We both remember a book when we were young about two children going to school and it followed them during the day. The only thing I can really... ...
Don't you care for my love? she said bitterly.
I handed her the mirror, and said:
Please address these questions to the proper person!
Please make all requests to head-quarters!
In all matters of... ...
I handed her the mirror, and said:
Please address these questions to the proper person!
Please make all requests to head-quarters!
In all matters of... ...
Many readers can identify a book by its opening line, and Amazon Books have conducted a survey of the most recognisable, with Charles Dickens' 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times'... ...
Not necessarily a detective as the prime character, could be the pathologist, the serial killer or anyone involved in a long running crime series. Must be British, though, and I don't mind if they... ...
How can the combination of imagery, color palette, and typography effectively create an atmosphere of suspense and curiosity in a mystery horror UK book cover design? What design elements can be...
The grey beards wag, the bald heads nod, And gather thick as bees, To talk electrons, gases, God, Old nebulae, new fleas. Each specialist, each dry as dust And professional oaf, Holds up his little...
I am looking for my next book to read but after looking at Amazon and visiting my local bookshop I still have not found anything that looks interesting!! I have read thousands of books in the past but...
I've heard it read by an actor, and I've read it myself. It's lovely. But I can only find the short verse I attach here; the whole thing goes on forever. The Modern Hiawatha (Excerpt from "Song of...
The Haunting of Chalet 49. It was a strange case indeed, mused private investigator Steve Glandular. Stroking his ample chins thoughtfully. Whatever was happening, smacked of the paranormal, either...
I'm looking for copies of the above 2 books - now out of print and not available. The latter was written by Reginald Chapman some 30 years ago. Have looked at all the obvious places but no luck so...
Leafing through a book today and there was a highlighted passage which began with [...].
Any idea what it means?...
TLS 1485 12 across
"Included by Wodehouse, last part of Ukridge is a part for a grandfather" (8)
I have ?E?D?L?Y
Any help gratefully received...
SHE COMES NOT WHEN NOON IS ON THE ROSES She comes not when Noon is on the roses-- Too bright is Day. She comes not to the Soul till it reposes From work and play. But when Night is on the hills, and...
ring to find a specific poem in which the sentiment is that life happened while thee writer was busy loving someone, how they could have done loads of stuff but they were just getting on with loving...
I haven't put one up for some time, but I read this today. I think the reference is to the American civil war, but it made me think of Ukraine; RECONCILIATION. Word over all, beautiful as the sky!...
Help please. TLS 1483, 20dn: "Summer visitor to Skye that's seen on the front of an ancient warship, for example" (6) I have R??S?Y. I can't find evidence that Ramsay Macdonald spent his summers on...
Dear TL ESSERS, Help please: 24 across is: "Dreamer managed to conceal one forsaken" (6) I have M?R?A? and am stuck between Marian and Miriam. The former I can half parse; but parsing the latter, I...
I really don't understand what drives a person to publish their memoirs and biographies, exposing themselves to the world. I enjoy travelogues and reading about a person's adventures such as climbing...
