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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.
Just for those of you who are interested, one drawing of my sister's place overlooking the Med in Provence....it's a combined 70th for him and chrissy pres.... One more day of touch up and clean up...
Hi Answerbank - I'm confused on a literary question... I have heard from a number of people that it was actually Sir Francis Bacon who was the real writer of some if not all of Shakespere's plays?...
Which of this year's Top Ten Books opens withe the line: 'The method of laying out a corpse in Missouri sure took the proverbial cake' Win our Top Ten - [email protected] - labelling your mail...
Is " Knock your socks off " a metaphor or what ?...
perhaps one could get assistance please in identifying the title of a recent published book concerning the royal theatre Dublin which closed in the sixties .any help appreciated...
My friend and I are considering writing a local history book in the new year. Do any of you have any ideas of how we go about getting it published. We only thought of it today so haven't researched...
First line of a poem with many verses that my husband knew by heart as a child and keeps trying to recite to grandchildren but keeps forgetting bits! What is the name of the poem so that we can find...
hey, which of these is correct please?
I should have told him
I should of told him...
My wife is going mad trying to think of the author or a book title of a series of cosy mysteries set in the British seaside featuring two very different women - one called Fran, the other may be...
i recently got this book following good reviews i heard about it (and have subsequently read) it is rubbish so far - i'm about a 1/4 of the way thru. Is it worth persevering?
Many years ago I read a book by Kenneth Allsop, he was a regular on the BBC programme "Tonight". It was about how a gravel pit was brought back to life and became a place he often went to for bird...
I am looking for suggestions of songs or poems that have repeating lines. Examples are “There was an old woman who swallowed a fly” and “The 12 days of Christmas”. It is for my mother who has...
I feel bad enough, but I can't imagine how this man feels, and I hadn't realised the full extent of the destruction by the Islamic maniacs....
Please can anyone suggest story CDs for my grandson to listen to on a long car journey(across USA ). He has Paddington, Julia Donaldson collection,Hairy Mac Lairy Mum does not want Beatrix Potter, I...
I'm looking for books of short stories for children. I've bought one by David Walliams - 'The World's Worst Children' - but Amazon has several by Terry Pratchett on offer too that look quite funny....
Many thanks for the poem "The old man's Autumn". I enjoyed reading it, although it may be too close for comfort for our poetry group, given that we are all of a certain age! Do you know who wrote it,...
I have a watercolour picture by R Cooper which has a sticker on the back from an auction dated 1932. Could I have an approximate estimate of the value please?...
I have just started re-reading "Riotous Assembly" I first read this at least 25 years ago and haven't picked it up again since. But the same thing is happening now, as it did years ago ! This is not a...
I am doing a project for university please answer with photos of the object or person try to get a good composition as its for design university the question is What would you save if your house burnt...
Has anyone read these? Would you recommend them? Several are on offer for kindle...they look intriguing for light reading.