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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.
In tomorrows GCSE exam one of the questions will site a poem from the list below and ask you to choose another to compare it with. My daughter has studied these and made notes but, in your view which...
Is the opening word in Othello "tis" or "tiss"?
Hi, does anybody know what an original Richard Akerman painting would be worth. I have searched all over the web and even contacted Christies and Bonhams with no luck? Many thanks
I'm trying to track down a poem that I can't remember any lines from! But it is asking the reader - at what point do you stand up to oppression? When it is in another country, when it is happening to...
Hi, I am wanting to take my girlfirend to see either an orchestra or to an opera (nothing too heavy!) next month. If anyone has any recommendations for either of the above please share them with me or...
Hello! Does anyone know of any good books about Jack The Ripper? I'm interested in reading about him/the events that took place and also about the conspiracies surrounding him. Thanks x
by stevie smith is one of my favourite poems ever what is yours and why ?
About a year (or maybe two) years ago a French film was released that was apparently brilliant. I believe it was a thriller of some sort that had a quite a labyrinthine plot, but set in modern times....
Any suggestions of a good book set in Naples Italy... Ficton or non-fiction...
At the end of Oscar Wilde's play of this title Lord Illingworth says to Mrs Arbuthnot '...It's been a very amusing experience to have met amongst people of one's own rank, and treated quite seriously...
hi hope some one can help me i have found a snip of a poem i would if enyone has ever heared of it O;shed a tear the flightless bird Whose despreate cries to thee unhead O;Shed a tear the brocken...
There is a famous depiction of the Black Death or plague in general. It features a person with a skulls face riding on a flying creature with a clubbed tail down a street struck with the disease. Does...
I am looking for an amusing poem of about 2 - 3 minutes in length for my daughter to recite in a school public speaking competition. The theme is "Change" ! Not entirely obvious. It can be prose or...
perhaps a good thriller......thankyou
You know how some books are released in airports before they are in normal shops? Is there a way to find out which books are available?
A line in a book, "Then and now we age with the grace (in Cummings's careful metaphor) of polar bears on rollerskates." Am I correct in thinkng this is a reference to ee cummings, and if so, what is...
Where can I go to listen to quality classical concerts playing beethoven? Thanks.
My dear friend passed away last week aged 48 years old living behind her 3 childrens who lost their own fathers the same way as their mum. My friends mother was unable to attends the funeral today and...
does anyone know where i can get an early addition of this book valued?
I am trying to understand a line in a poem by W.B.Yeats, Second Coming. I can't quite get the meaning of 'the blood-dimmed tide'. What kind of tide is this? This is the beginning of the poem: Turning...
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