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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.
Did anybody read these books published several years ago about a couple who opted out of mainstream life and opted to do "The Good Life" up in the Welsh Hills? Does anybody know what happened to them...
Is it true that Alexander Calder invented the Mobile? Or was he the first to use it in art? What happened to the huge mobile that used to the hang in the Pompidou in Paris?
Can anyone name a few notable one person plays please? Length not important, must be just for the one actor and / or a monologue.
Has anyone ever heard of any books based on the sayings, beliefs and ways of life of Mahatma Ghandi? Many thanks XXXX
Harbouring bitterness is like drinking poison and waiting for the other guy to die - who said that? I've googled, yes, but this seems to be a popular one, it comes in many different versions:...
This is a bit of a long shot, but I will go ahead. I remember reading murder-mystery type books about twelve/thirteen. Basically, they were short stories whereby the reader had to solve a puzzle - who...
Hi, I am trying to find a poem by Maya Angelou which was read by Sarah Greene at the Race for Life run at Cheltenham on 2nd July 2006. I have purchased a book from Amazon - Phenomanol Women - but the...
A new travel writer/philosopher. His name is Something De something ?
Sorry for putting this on here guys, but no one ever hardly goes on the arts and literature... been waiting all morning! Anyway, has anyone heard of any books or literature on the sayings and beliefs...
Does anyone know a good site where I can find the word counts for well known books? Thanks! (It's just cos I'm a writer and want to make sure I don't witter on to Goblet of Fire length, lol)
From which novel is this the last line "Then he rang George"?
I recently visited the Grande Arche de la Defense in Paris, where I witnesed an art display like nothing I'd seen before by someone called Dominic or Dominique. Each painting was a slighlty abstract...
I am interested in sculpture joining bits of metal together etc. but I am so accident prone I darenot use anything like oxyacetalene cutters or welding stuff. It might sound daft but what is the best...
Don't know if anyone can help me but I am trying to get the title of a novel I read at school (when I was about 14). It was about this boy who was cycling to see his mother and the adventures and...
in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.... 1. It said that the potions book was from 50 years ago so he knew it wasn't his father's or Sirius's but it then turns out to have belonged to Snape who...
How can I make holes in shells to make jewellery without them breaking?
a line to warn men
I was recently in a second hand bookshop and saw a book cover that i recognized from my holidays years and years ago. I holidayed for many weeks at a time in a caravan on the south coast...in the site...
One of the stories was about a boy who ate 17 (could have been more) oranges, rind and all, to get himself out of trouble for stealing them. Another story from this book was about a young man on his...
Now Ihave found that this production is on at the Alex in October it would be wonderful if anyone would like to join me.(That is Birmingham)Come on you opera buffs!!!?