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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.

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ladybirder
I found it yesterday when messing about as usual? https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Arts-and-Literature/Question399397.html ...
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barry1010
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... ...
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Daij
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... ...
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Atheist
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... ...
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Jaimsieboy
Hello, Does  anybody recognise these opening words and which poem they  come from : "Short was their little race below"   Thanks
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Barmaid
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... ...
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joe1
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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sandyRoe
There's a famous 19th Century painting of the scene. Who would have commissioned it, and why? It's hardly something you'd want hanging  on the sitting room wall.
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wepayurbenefits
pro creates newer fresh atmosphere better for our eyes con burden of cost ofc lies with broke Students destroys school heritage,history facility unable to be used during renovation raises doubts of... ...
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Khandro
Words by Goethe, music by Musorgsky & sung by Kharatinov at the height of his power. What more do you want? 😃 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHMHgQh4Evg ...
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naomi24
This question was prompted by someone asking for book recommendations.  I have a friend who's an avid reader but has never read the Brontes, Dickens, Jane Austen, etc, and sticks solely to current... ...
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lolitasteward
I love you more in your feverish state, when I soothe your burning face with a cool moist cloth and kiss your eyelids which hide your delirious dreams from this world. I adore your muttering dry... ...
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jourdain2
This last  2 years I seem to have branched-out into poetry.  I have never thought of myself as a poet, so already have 'impostor syndrome'. A few months ago, someone 'recommended' me to the High... ...
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megfitz
I was leant a book ( in hospital) it was a murder mystery set in an  historical English village where a female auctioneer  and her divorced husband helped the local bluff policeman solve the... ...
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granny grump
Can anyone tell me the title of the first Rebus book set after he retires please?
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eariyam
How does Banksy manage to not get seen by someone when he is doing those fabulous paintings?
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lostboy87
We were read a book in either last year of middle school or 1st year of High school....so late 80s early 90s. All I remember is a boy being angry at his dad because he had befriended/given a job to... ...
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10ClarionSt
..............a group of people or just one person? I ask this because the paintings that are attributed to him seem too involved to be by just one person. The size of them being done overnight,... ...
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naomi24
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6pp2774qq7o   Is it a good likeness?  I think it's a good painting but I'm not entirely sure it's a good likeness. ...
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jourdain2
Right, my Writing Group have set a challenging task for a short story this week - the Norton-Disney Do-decahedron, specifically re. who made it, who used it and how? Short, fiction story required... ...

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