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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.
Please can anyone help with the phrase "Bene Vivre et Laetare" Thanks
Have you ever come across a book that turns out to be an unexpected gem? I've just read Nights At The Circus by Angela Carter and would recommend it to anyone who fancies reading a novel with a...
does anyone know who painted a picture of george stevensons rocket (railway locomotive)under a bridge with a crowd of victorian people waving ?
I recently watched the film "the libertine", i have read books such as 'the count of monte cristo', scaramouche, a portrait of dorian gray, i was wondering if anyone new of any other similar writings...
It's really hard to find something good. Surely there must be modern classics out there. Here are a few examples of what I've read and liked recently: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Nagozi Adichie...
Just made this error and do it pretty often, wondered if anyone else does. When you're typing or writing something and thinking of something completely different do you ever accidentally write the...
I have been given a set of encyclopaedia britannica which is in mint condition and was published in 1926. Any idea of the value?
What is the difference between Delia Smith's 1986 Complete Cookery Course and the 1989 version ?
I have to go to a party in a couple of weeks, where the these is "black and White", as in characters from the arts/life in general from when pictures and film were all in black and white. I'm...
Does anybody know who wrote this poem and is it about Norfolk? These are the first few lines. God drew a map of England and planted hill and wood,He looked on stream and headland and saw that it was...
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Does anyone know the main genre in Blue Remembered Hills by Dennis Potter. I can't find an actual definition of the genre, i just keep finding 'script' or 't.v script'
Thanks
Can any one remember a monthly magazine first published in either 1980/81 that was about Nuclear War Survival. It only lasted 6 months I think!
does anyone know a website that has pictures of abstract photography? (only the kind i describe below though) i need photos like a bath in a field and things along those lines...things that have been...
Would you say this was a good definition of context (when looking at a piece of literature): "Any external influence that might have an effect, wheter conscious or not, on the author's writing."...
I collect work by him,do you consider it good,bad or never heard of him? some I adore , other pieces I look at and Wonder, is it good or why did he bother!
What's a collective noun for diamonds?
a fairy in Midsummer Night's Dream?
hopefully the clue will lead someone to a famous literary character any help appreciated this solipsist and novelist loses his mistress to god in london during the second world war
Can anyone recommend a book or website that has a collection of woodcuts typical to the middle ages/pre renaissance era? I am aware of the Book of Ages and the works of artists like Albrecht D?rer,...
Anybody know much about Zebedee Helm? I first came accross him on a programe about the Berkeley Hunt - They only showed you a little of his work, but i'd say for a local country artist he is...
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