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I'm trying to trace a children's picture/story book, but cannot remember the name of it. It's about a (I know this sounds surreal...) wrecking ball attached to a crane, which has eyes and sharp teeth,...
Can anyone help me with the title/author of a short story I once read and would like to find. I think it was by a well known author although perhaps not known for their short stories. As I remember it...
At work we want to do some gifts of books for people.... but the kind of book that is a perfect coffee table book.. We like Jack Vettriano the artist and also Ian Rankin the photographer does a good...
I am just re-reading The Moneychangers by Arthur Hailey some 34 years since I first read it. It is uncanny how the story mirrors what is going on in the banking world right now. Greedy banks putting...
A novel I read some years ago began with a woman picking up some photos processed by a local shop only to find an unexplained picture among them. This had rather dire consequences as the book went on....
Can anyone explain the last two lines of the following verse: 'From when she gambolled on the greens A baby-germ, to when The maiden blossoms of her teens Could number five from ten.
8ac; Wheeled device for moving film cameras smoothly(5) **l*y. 30ac; Edible seaweed used to wrap sushi in Japanese cuisine.(4) *o*i. 1d; Evil ***a; character in the form of a walking,talking...
I am trying to track down a book I have seen mentioned as beling a really good read. Its about a small town, set in the past, with everyday lives of the towns people. The author could be Don de ?? I...
Quite some years ago, someone brought a painting to the AR that turned out to be a known but lost painting from the collection by a particular artist. It portrayed soem Bedoiun Arabs sitting around a...
There is a DVD based upon the film Knowing. This was based on a screenplay, but I am sure that I once saw a book similar to this. i.e a father sees a time capsule that his son found. It was opened...
my husband's passport has expired, and he has been invite to the war grave cemetery in nord france to see his uncles war grave, can you still get those short quickie passports for short trips? does...
I've just won a place on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar square for an hour as part of Antony Gormley's One & Other project. However I don't know what to do. I would like to do something unique and...
I am going to bestival music festival on the Isle of Wight this September and need some ideas for my fancy dress costume. Everyone dresses up and this year the theme is 'A Space oddity' (General...
Hi, I have an oil painting signed by the artist, Harold Astwood and dated 1969. I'd appreciate any information on this artist as I've been searching, without success, for a few weeks. many thanks
Can anyone tell me the name of the photographer who took the picture on the front of Blur's Parklife album?? It's the photo of the racing dogs Thanks :)