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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.
...by J D Salinger, a book somehow missed from my 'should do' list as a student and only recently read - and what an extraordinary little book it is. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone - it really...
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Art Class for 14yo that is private?
…and anyone else who may be interested. This has been a long time coming but I remember Ken asking me to report back to him on this book which I’ve only just finished…. I do have a habit of having...
… by George Orwell. Anyone read it - and if so what were your impressions and is it relevant to what is happening today? The condemnation and destruction of history, the suppression of ideas that...
I would like to start making felt handmade Christmas decorations. But I am unsure what thread to use for the blanket stitch around the edge. Should I be using wool or needlework thread? If it is...
I learned this poem at school about 1954 I cannot find out who it was by, though I remember it so vividly the rest of the poem went: they were brown and bare and deeply veined and the moons of her...
I'm about to try my first knit on circulars and dont understand the following from the pattern! BASE: With circular needle and 2 strands of yarn, cast on 48 sts. K 18 rows. Pick up and K10 sts across...
Has anyone got a favourite national anthem? Preferably a favourite based on musical or literary merit rather than nationalistic ideas. My favourite is the Marseillaise; like a Roy Orbison song, the...
True Nature Your beautiful color, could it be illegal? Besides tell me how much you love your delightful, Your glory and spirits embrace and thrill Beloved besides the dark shadows that were traced....
I saw a poster at a friend's a long time ago. It was predominately orange and turquoise. It was a waiter serving at a table. My friend said it was a poster of a famous painter. I forget the name. I...
What would you personally like to read, an apocalype scenario (any kind) or a last person on Earth scenario? Would making the book more like a diary be interesting? Please try to give details on why....
Good reads during lockdown, with libraries closed book shops etc hard to get books, don’t want kindle, some supermarkets have books available any recommendations usually enjoy biographies true stories...
Great to see the TV series Chernobyl receive 14 BAFTA nominations but like so many serialised shows these days I keep seeing the word 'miniseries' and read it in my head phoenetically as minizeries....
Here's the latest - first a pic then the drawing - the house empty and rather sad though a little restoration is being done.....it's the main house to where I am based....... the photo -...
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Curtis Taylor-Our deepest sympathy...
The book was about how flowers got their names. The two illustrations I particularly remember are Sweet William who was a gardener in a checked shirt and Daisy which had daisies being put to bed when...
In some of his paintings there's a person that look very similiar. This is Mistress and a maid, The Lacemaker, A young woman seated at the virginals and more. I can find things about Maria but not...
I vaguely remember a young girl getting her ears dyed green accidently - and it made her be able to hear the plants talking Its only a short ish childrens book - wondered if anyone had any ideas...
Does anyone know the author of the poem/reading which states that love is remembering to take the bins out, renew the insurance etc?
