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Creative writing courses, Are they worth doing?

Are these only really a necessity if you want to write a book or want to brush up on your poetry skills?

Does anyone know a painter who signs his/her painting with the name NEWTON ?

Hi I have a painting and I am trying to find out who painted it. There is a name on it but it just says (Newton) on the left hand corner. It is a framed canvas oil painting of ocean waves. I was...

drchris

Need to know title of books based on a german unit based in vietnam . . Series of 3 books i think

quincyqqq

potter

my pals got a beatrix potter kids book the tales of mrs tittle mouse 3 stories 1985 worth anything thanks...

sophie_1003

Audiobooks

If I wanted to record myself reading children's stories on to tape or CD for use in the classroom would I need permission from the author/someone else?

quizbuff

cryptic crossword

calling an end to his ''bright and brief'' run (Scott) (6) C _ R _ E _

greyvolunteer

Answer needed for crossword:-

What is thespian counterpart of Birmingham Conservatoire (3)(abbr). This three letter answer is B?R. Need some brain training at my age! greyvolunteer

woodelf

Why is it that I can't get to grips with the novels of Henning Mankell?...is it the unfamiliarity of Swedish place names or that I find the main protaganist a bit dour...or what?...or aint it just my...

the old mill

Keith`s crossword no 508.

17ac Mix uo Po fruit in castle at St Madoes. [anag] (7) (Pi??o?r) 23acand19d Scotland soccer manager,1986-93.(4-8) (?n??-?o?b?r?h) 31ac Village near Stornoway looks like beer for a fencer`s weapon!...

Elijay

Liquid Beads?

I don't really know how to describe this product. Rather than sewing beads on by hand, is there something in a squeezy bottle that could be applied in small blobs on a fabric? The finished item won't...

mountainboo

Analysis of poetry

I am currently studying poetry from the Great War, notably Sassoon and Wilfred Owen. Although I find some of the poetry very haunting, I am struggling when it comes to the use of poetic devices such...

barcelonic29

Did Jaden Smith do the finishing move at the end of Kung Fu Kid?

Whether you call the movie Karate Kid or Kung Fu Kid doesnt matter i suppose, although it should have been called Kung Fu Kid given how there's no Karate in the film. But i know Jaden Smith did his...

cdwrover123

What books should i use for an essay on whether the modernist movement killed the 'classical' in western architecture?

MrsSpence

Original hand-drawn andy capp comic strip

I have an original hand-drawn andy capp comic strip for sale and I was wondering if anyone could give me any idea where I could get the best price for it or how much u reckon it would go for??? I was...

Francis Asis

Rhetorical questions

Hope I'm in the right section. Does one use a question mark when one asks a rhetorical question in print. For example - "It's exhausting, isn't it". Should there be a question mark?

flipnflap

golden apple story

i remember being told in my youth a story of a tree bearring precious fruit - I think golden apples - but, every time a person reached for one of theese fruits, the wind blew out of rreach the...

ethandron

canvases

anyone out there who paints, where do you get your canvases from? the sort that don't need framing. we have a local art shop which sells them, but i was hoping to find some which are pretty cheap. au...