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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.
Okay I know it was in the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie but I've been so obsessed with the poem and I've always wondered what the poem is about? Not the origins just what the actual poem is...
I read a novel about 20 years ago set in Switzerland in the middle ages about a young man who is a genius and builds an elaborate clock. It came out in the 80's or early 90's- that's all I can...
She thinks the first line is: England Lives, who dares say England dies' However, it's possible that this is not the first line and she is not remembering it perfectly. I have searched various poetry...
I read a book about a man who befriended elderly people in a nursing home and persuaded them to change their wills and also collecting insurance benefits. Does anyone know the name of it? Many thanks...
I am arbitrarily choosing "Books that will make us laugh" as the genre for this month - after a few comments about the 'grim' nature of June's shortlist I thought we should lighten the tone...
Well-the blurb is good-it seems to be selling. Comments?
Can anyone tell me how many times that superb first novel by the genius Le Carre was rejected before being published? I think it was about twelve times. I have tried 'googling' but I am just getting...
I had a little wander around the local Oxfam bookshop yesterday and happened upon a copy of 50 SOG. It is beyond bad, it is dreadful, it is truly, truly awful. This is not erotica. 'Lace' was...
Why is he called Dirty Harry ?
Does anybody know if there is a DVD in existence of the book "My Foolish Things ? (I have looked on Amazon and E Bay). The story is about a London doctor, Ravi Kapoor who sends his father in law...
On ITV 1 soon. Ted Post and Hal Holbrook. Reckon Clint turns up now and again !
i've read the black echo and the black ice, and have just started the concrete blonde. (This is the order amazon say michael connelly wrote them). The opening scene is the one where harry shoots a...
Who led Orpheus and Eurydice through the underworld?
During a conversation about favourite books and authors at work, one girl told me to look at this one guy but I cannot remember his name at all! She said I would like him because i'm a fan of Stephen...
Well, here we are - all but finished........clients happy with it. Just some final clean up, then onto the printer for airbrushing out a couple of blobs on the paper, largely insect residue, and then...
The thorns cut deep and i bleed the rose The sting will last beyond cuts close The endless run of blood still flows the warmth and heat shall never go.. ... Worth something i later fared but never to...
Has any one got a copy of St Oswald of Worcester Life and Influences they no longer need. I'm looking for a copy and would appriciate any help in finding a secondhand copy. Cheers thanks
You disappoint me Fredo !
I have just received my daily update from a big bookseller and am really pleased to see that David Crystal has a new book about to be released. I enjoy this kind of etymological literature and so will...
gness asked to follow the development of this one. Here is the location: http://mw2.google.com...s/medium/32470952.jpg I'm sitting on the bank on the left, just on the lawn. Here we are - reckon 1.5...
