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.
I am trying to recall the title of a book I remember reading as a boy. It was set in a public school and I think the main character's name was Teddy. There was definitely a boy in it nicknamed "The...
This might not make you LOL but it put a smile on my face. Thanks Spike. Smiling is infectious You catch it like the flu When someone smiled at me today I started smiling too. I walked around the...
Like his style of writing, could picture the characters who all were clearly defined in my mind.I usually read. Jeffrey Archer, Dick & Felix Francis and John Francome, who is more modern in his...
I bought a kindle & its my new best friend!!! Ive read about 15 books since January...... Absolutley LOVE IT!!!!!!! Just finished a bit of a weird one but enjoyed it ...”Day of the accident” X...
Five Chimneys - A Woman's Survivors True Story Of Auschwitz. Has anyone read this book and would they recommend it? Any other non-fiction books on Auschwitz anyone can recommend? I'm going there in...
Trying to nail a quote from one of the above (I’m fairly sure). A bore had trapped some friends in a railway compartment, and when he finally finishes his interminable story, says “But I could...
… have you read any of them yet - and are there any you would recommend? I got : ‘Sapiens’ – A brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari ‘Mythos’ The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen...
... but are you surprised that Doreen Fletcher who started painting scenes of East End London in 1983 but gave up in 2004 after being discouraged by a lack of recognition?...
I wonder if anyone saw the painting that suggested how the four Beatles would look, probably by now, i.e. aged, and knows where an image can be found. I thought it might have been a Norman Rockwell...
As a child I read a book about a girl in a mythical land. Her name was Ariel I think. She was constantly trying to hide from a creature that seemed to be ruling the kingdom and wanted her to become...
Obviously only a temporary exhibition.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-46524260/melting-ice-art-installation-opens-at-london-s-tate-modern...