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.
Recently, you recommended Heller's Catch 22 which was a coincidence as I had just started reading it! I'm 4/5ths through it and I've never laughed so much with some of the exchanges between officers!...
Evening all, can anyone help. I used a few phases a while ago where i would say the same word twice with a different meaning, e.g. swimming swimmingly, jokingly joking etc. A teacher friend told me...
There's a word bugging me as to the boo that I am writing. I have just finished a chapter on the various symptoms of dementia and how they can manifest themselves, quite a collection in what can come...
Most British writers (mainly the men) seem to have been awful husbands or partners, deserting them, having them locked up in asylums, whatever. None (if any) led 'ordinary' lives - caring for their...
What I currently do is draw on paper first and use image reference. Then after I've finished the drawing on paper, I take a picture of it and trace over it on my phone. These drawings are drawn by me...
The Lord of the flies by william golding portrays a conflict between the impulse toward civilization and the impulse toward savagery ranges within each human individual. how far do you agree justify...
Mrs B challenges me to come up with a Philip Larkin poem which is happy, full of fun. I love Larkin, with his insights into life’s misery, but can’t think of any of his poems that fit the bill....
Anyone else read it? Based on a true story, the result of the author’s interviews with the main character. Poorly constructed and such a wasted opportunity for a writer. A huge disappointment....
Though it can hardly be called literature, I am trying to find a children's book from the 40s or 50s which described how flowers got their names. I remember illustrations of Daisies being put to bed...
I'm trying to remember the author and title of a book which was read on Book at Bedtime about ? 6 months ago. It was about a self serving and predatory young man - a writer - who màkes use of various...
Some years ago I had a book which contained a lot of ridiculous names through the ages, both British and foreign. I lent it to someone and never got it back. It was a small A5 size hardback (may have...
The clock dial and pendulum are fixed together and swing as one. It is held aloft by a classically dressed lady. Can someone please tell me the name of this type of clock. TKS...