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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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littleplum50

DM Glittering Prizes Quiz...One Answer to get !

What was the name of the Victorian clergyman who 'cleaned up' Longfellow's poem, The Wreck of the Hesperus...replacing such offensive words as 'bull' with the more acceptable 'gentleman cow' ?
16:37 Thu 29th Dec 20057 answers, last by littleplum50 10:42 Fri 13th Jan 2006
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NurseD

Opening of a book

Does anyone know what book opens with 'I am obliged to begin this story with a brief account of the Hampton family'
11:22 Thu 29th Dec 20052 answers, last by Cayenne 22:17 Mon 09th Jan 2006
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david21

panto

Is pontomime unique to the uk if so do visitors to the uk understand the strange customes(girls playing boys etc) or do they have thier own versions
18:48 Tue 27th Dec 200516 answers, last by Narolines 20:20 Fri 30th Dec 2005
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tenerife

desiderata

Who wrote this???? While you are finding out, you might like to digest it EVERY DAY :O)))
14:44 Wed 28th Dec 20055 answers, last by tenerife 17:46 Fri 30th Dec 2005
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helliebobs

turning Japanese

Can anybody recommend any Japanese authors other than Banana Yoshimoto and Murakami? I've just picked up Strangers by Taichi Yamada and want to try Tanizaki too.
17:40 Thu 29th Dec 20052 answers, last by helliebobs 13:14 Fri 30th Dec 2005
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helliebobs

Time traveller's wife

I'm an avid reader but not one for following trends and dashing out to get whatever everyone else is reading (Da Vinci code etc) But I've been looking at Audrey Niffenegger's Time Traveller's Wife -...
17:46 Thu 29th Dec 20054 answers, last by helliebobs 13:12 Fri 30th Dec 2005
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ed baxter

politician's autobiography

Which politician wanted to call his autobiography "A Hitch-hiker's Guide To The Modern World"?
20:15 Wed 28th Dec 20051 answer, last by juliely 12:07 Fri 30th Dec 2005
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god_is_a_dj

sirius: dog star children's book

Hi, when i was at school i used to read a fiction book all the time about a dog who was the spirit of Sirius the dog star. I'd like to buy the book but i'm not sure if this is the title and i don't...
12:38 Thu 29th Dec 20053 answers, last by god_is_a_dj 11:07 Fri 30th Dec 2005
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ed baxter

author's name?

Which writer took his name from that of a footballer born in Aidrie in 1939?
20:11 Wed 28th Dec 20052 answers, last by ed baxter 22:10 Thu 29th Dec 2005
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RAW741

name

narrator of kidnappedn
18:12 Thu 29th Dec 20051 answer, last by jno 20:13 Thu 29th Dec 2005
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Chris100682

Give me your book ideas!!

Hi All, Myself and a friend are considering writing a book in the new year and we want to hear your mad off the wall ideas (or sane ideas) to gives us a starting platform! So come on - Give us any...
10:03 Thu 29th Dec 20053 answers, last by joko 20:07 Thu 29th Dec 2005
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Alfie8

Laura Bush

Which Brit is First Lady Laura Bush's favourite author?
17:13 Thu 29th Dec 20051 answer, last by joko 19:57 Thu 29th Dec 2005
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Alfie8

Don't count your chickens

Which novel is the source of the saying 'Don't count your chickens before they're hatched'?
15:01 Thu 29th Dec 20052 answers, last by Hammond Egg 18:08 Thu 29th Dec 2005
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Alfie8

Guggenheim Prize

2005 Which museum won the Guggenheim Prize for Museum of the Year?
16:04 Thu 29th Dec 20051 answer, last by gary baldy 17:31 Thu 29th Dec 2005
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Alfie8

Quote help needed!

Which novelist said the following about his most famous creation? A dashing dearedevil, imperturbable, debonair, preposterously handsome, a pirate or a philanthropist as the occasion demands'.
15:05 Thu 29th Dec 20051 answer, last by schmokinweed 15:55 Thu 29th Dec 2005
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crosso

Most ever chapters to a novel

This is not competition-linked but a question from my daughter who wishes to know the most chapters that have ever been written in a book (prob. novel). I have tried to look this up through...
21:27 Wed 28th Dec 20053 answers, last by crosso 15:51 Thu 29th Dec 2005
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joko

motivational help

I write stories and scripts, but find it hard to get in the mood to write. I have loads of ideas, premises, characters etc, but the effort of organising the story sometimes escapes me. I often will...
23:10 Wed 28th Dec 20054 answers, last by Drusilla 11:15 Thu 29th Dec 2005
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Arabesque

Which TV programme

Charlie Higson made his name in the 1990s in this TV programme
21:08 Wed 28th Dec 20051 answer, last by Ternigapp 21:18 Wed 28th Dec 2005
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Pentagon

Which novel?

Can anyone please identify the novel with this last line? : And I with my books have not seen him since. It was like saying goodbye to a big part of me, for ever.
17:25 Wed 28th Dec 20052 answers, last by Gnu 20:59 Wed 28th Dec 2005
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janesanderso

detective`s name

which golden age crime writer named her detective after the founder of a South London Public School whose picture gallery she had visited the day before starting her first book
21:03 Tue 27th Dec 20051 answer, last by ChocClare 21:33 Tue 27th Dec 2005

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