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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.
Is the 'h' as in sh, ch etc. known as an aspirant?
I am anxious to obtain a print, or copy, of CLOTILDE PEPLOE's "Sessa Aurunca", painted in 1935. Thanks in advance to anyone who can give me a lead.
I worked in South Africa many years ago when circumstances were very shocking to me (1984). I learned a language called Fanaglo which is a cross betweem English. Africanns and Zulu. My most enduring...
From my early childhood (around 30yrs ago) I can just about recall a poem about a mouse - I think it was called poor mousey - and I think one of lines was "you slip on a roller skate you left...
I am looking at buying my mom a sewing machine for xmas, i know she wants one which has auto thread, button hole and many stitching patterns. There are so many to choose from ? whats the best make to...
what's the technical term for when the adjectives in a sentence are in the wrong order. i can remember my english teacher writing it on my work all the time and not having a clue what it meant. now i...
Anybody help with the identity of the artist and name of the work shown? Weekend FT page W3
does anyone remember when the BBC did a series on modern versions of some of shakesperes plays? does anyone know where i can find a midsummer nights dream on the internet? or can you suggest a good...
My nephew is doing a post-uni theatre studies course. Can anyone suggest a book for him for christmas that would be relevant to this?
I want to buy this book for our daughter's first Christmas, but I've noticed there are a few different versions out there. Does anybody know which is either the traditional version or closest to it....
Hi, Does anyone know which name the writer Gabriel King also writes under? Thank you.
What is the Latin translation for the moto: NICELY UNDERSTATED, NEVER UNDERRATED
I marvel at how a simple sentence such as, 'I went to the bus stop', can have five differrent meanings depending on which word is emphasised, And one more, if none of the words are stressed at all. Do...
ive been trying to find hilda bakers biography; im sure i remember one being brought out a good while ago. .shes one of my heroes. id be grateful for any help. ive tried amazon,play.com,ebay? thanks...
I have just begun 'Still Waters' by this author; I have read 'Blackbird' but my memory, along with my age (38 now; never thought memory -loss would come so swiftly, OMG) fails me. Without spoiling the...
There is a fabulous quote in Jane Eyre that goes something like this... All that glitters isnt gold Is this the right quote? Or have i got it wrong? Is it worded differently? It goes something like...
Does this ring any bells with anyone? Thanks! 221b
A few years ago I read an obituary of a brilliant American linguist who was able to pick up languages spoken by remote Pacifc islanders and could converse witt them im a very short time. Can anybody...
I've just read that Samuel Becket wrote the Myles na Gopaleen stuff in the Irish Times. This was probably intended as a joke. Anyone know anything about this,please ?
hi, does any body know of a good artist or photographer in the fraserburgh (aberdeenshire) area. im looking for a christmas present for my and want to get him a painting or photograph of his home town...
