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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.

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shivvy

HH Couldery

I have just bought a HH Couldrey called 'Too hot'. I think it is delightful showing 2 pups each eyeing up a juicy plate of meat but having to wait for it to cool down before they can fight about it! I...
05:06 Sun 10th Dec 20061 answer, last by glanmore 22:17 Thu 11th Mar 2010
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Marsimbo

Initials B R

Gripped by a raven
17:15 Wed 13th Dec 20061 answer, last by dundurn 20:40 Wed 14th Mar 2007
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Scylax

Rudyard Kipling's verse

Does anyone today commit vast tracts of Kipling's poetry to memory, as I did as a boy and young adult ?
17:19 Wed 13th Dec 20063 answers, last by Scylax 16:25 Mon 25th Dec 2006
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james_m246

Can you learn to draw?

I've always wanted to be able to draw but always assumed that either your good at it or your not. So I wondered if you guys think its possible to learn to be a good drawer?
11:19 Wed 13th Dec 20064 answers, last by Shaftmonde 22:22 Sun 24th Dec 2006
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emilymamu

Seating in the Royal Albert Hall

I want to buy tickets for the Royal Albert Hall online, but where is the best place to sit, in terms of view and acoustics? The stalls, arena and front tier are all very close in price and I would...
02:58 Thu 14th Dec 20063 answers, last by reinganum 22:12 Sun 24th Dec 2006
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Bonzo 2000

Tom & Jerry

Who is the big woman who appears in Tom & Jerry, usually shouting "Tammiss!" while standing on a stool and lifting her skirts. Is she the housekeeper or the owner of the house?
14:54 Wed 13th Dec 20067 answers, last by jamesy boy 17:54 Fri 22nd Dec 2006
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piper91

book to read

well Im looking for a good book to read. Not sure aboout the genre But if this helps, some of my favorites are thumbsucker, clock work orange, 1984, Flowers for Algernon, Perks of being a wall flower
00:15 Thu 14th Dec 20064 answers, last by jump79 22:20 Sat 16th Dec 2006
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nightwolf13

how do you make signatures and avatars?

Hi I just to know how do you make signatures and avatars?I'd like to make my own.^^Thankyou.
21:10 Wed 13th Dec 20061 answer, last by loukr 19:39 Sat 16th Dec 2006
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piper91

Book suggestions

I'm looking for a good book to read. Any suggestions? Nothing phony.
22:42 Tue 12th Dec 20066 answers, last by sam100 16:56 Fri 15th Dec 2006
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Miss Inquiry

Marian Keyes - Anybody out there?

Just started reading this and am probabaly just under a 1/4 of the way in, but I am getting annoyed that I don't know what the accident was, did I doze off when reading, or has it not been revelad...
11:39 Tue 12th Dec 20062 answers, last by Miss Inquiry 12:51 Thu 14th Dec 2006
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David Moyes

Pictures

I am doing a quiz on Literature which has 10 pictures to identify Anybody know of a website with pictures of authors etc.
23:15 Wed 13th Dec 20061 answer, last by denisdenis 05:29 Thu 14th Dec 2006
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whiffey

He Knew He Was Right ?

Which literature has sent your mind humming ? I have read the Trollope novel of this question and just watched the BBC dramatisation. So, Louis overreacts - but is not Colonel Osborne a Dirty Old Man...
21:20 Sun 10th Dec 20063 answers, last by China Doll 14:21 Wed 13th Dec 2006
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kts

Murano glass terminology

Does anybody know the Italian word for "bottle" that is now used in English to describe something very inferior? Apparently Renaissance Murano glass blowers used this word for failed pieces of work...
12:18 Sat 09th Dec 20064 answers, last by jno 21:49 Tue 12th Dec 2006
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hollyuk

The Shock of the New

Hi, Does anyone know where I can get copies of the BBC 4series of programmes "The Shock of the New"? with Robert Hughes? Thanks
20:59 Mon 11th Dec 20062 answers, last by hollyuk 18:02 Tue 12th Dec 2006
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ath007

Artists shoes

My son has come home with art homework where he has to find an artist and an example of his/her work showing shoes! Can you help..... is there artists who just depict pairs of soes/sinlges? Arthur
11:18 Mon 11th Dec 20064 answers, last by ath007 23:56 Mon 11th Dec 2006
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detective

Shakespeare

Which is the only Shakespeare play to have a subtitle?
13:21 Mon 11th Dec 20062 answers, last by jno 19:52 Mon 11th Dec 2006
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shivvy

Boris O Klein

I like this artist and have bought a couple of signed pieces. How do I find out how many he might have signed and therefore guess at their availability/cost?
05:10 Sun 10th Dec 20061 answer, last by sophieb 18:30 Mon 11th Dec 2006
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shivvy

pax bonum

Does this translate as 'where the spirit lives on'? I was told that it does but a basic google search suggests that it is 'peace and well-being' Is pax bonum associated with anything in particular eg...
04:27 Sun 10th Dec 20062 answers, last by Quizmonster 17:54 Sun 10th Dec 2006
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scoop1972

A poem from childhood

A long time ago i remember having a poem up on my wall in my bedroom about acat. I haven't been able to find it since and wondered if anyone could help? The lines i remeber are "You're there at the...
10:30 Sun 10th Dec 20061 answer, last by smiffy65 13:23 Sun 10th Dec 2006
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FanOfKylie

Which novelist assisted the architect of the chapel at the Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford ?

Question set by Fay Weldon in The Independent's Christmas Quiz. I've tried the Internet and have found out the name of the architect but I just can't find anything about the novelist. Many thanks for...
21:45 Fri 08th Dec 20063 answers, last by FanOfKylie 01:34 Sat 09th Dec 2006

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