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.

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megfitz

Books For 5 Yr Old

I've been asked to suggest books to be read to a 5 yr old girl, my previous gifts of "The Faraway Tree and Wishing Chair " have been read again and again, so where do I go from here , I have... ...

maggiebee

Age

"When You Are Old" WHEN you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows... ...

Lionel5

1560 Friday January 17Th 2025

20 across: "Tiny work in a note Christie carries". I have ".A...E.H". Help, please.

sandyRoe

Was Hieronymus Bosch A Successful Painter In His Day?

Some of his works seem very strange. Who would commission, or buy one?

naomi24

Did You Get Any Books For Christmas?

I got two. Boris Johnson's new one and Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey - coincidentally the only one of hers I haven't read. That was a good guess by the giver!