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Q. Who A. D'Offay's a big wheel in the world of London's private art galleries. Based around New Bond Street and Cork Street in Mayfair, these galleries - including the Waddington Galleries and the
00:00 Mon 17th Sep 2001Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Steerpike in the BBC production of Gormenghast Q. Did Mervyn Peake illustrate Alice in Wonderland A. In 1945 the Continental Book Company of Stockholm, Sweden, wanted to
00:00 Mon 10th Sep 2001Q. Will the wobbly Millennium Bridge ever reopen A. According to the Press Office of Ove Arup, the contractor for the project, the bridge will reopen 'by the end of the year [2001]'. You heard it
00:00 Mon 10th Sep 2001Q. What's the difference between autobiography and memoirs A. An autobiography is a biography written by its subject, often to explain as well as to inform. For example, John Henry Newman's Apologia
00:00 Mon 10th Sep 2001Q. What is The Decameron A. The Decameron is a collection of tales from many sources collated by the Florentine Giovanni Boccaccio. Thought to have been written down over many years, they were put
00:00 Mon 03rd Sep 2001Q. What is Chick Lit A. Chick Lit, or Chick Fic, is often described as 'post-feminist fiction' - that is, a post-feminist take on the mass-appeal romance novel. This could be defined as a literary
00:00 Mon 03rd Sep 2001Q. When was the first Notting Hill Carnival A. The Notting Hill Carnival has been taking place in west London during the August Bank Holiday since 1964. Q. How did it start A. In the 1950s,
00:00 Mon 03rd Sep 2001Q. Are walking sticks really collectable A. If they're old or interesting enough, yes. Although no longer fashionable - and there's a fair chance of getting at least a sideways glance from a police
00:00 Mon 27th Aug 2001The Edinburgh Festival is an umbrella title encompassing seven separate festivals: the International, Fringe, Film, Jazz, Book and Television Festivals, and the Military Tattoo. The 2002 Edinburgh
00:00 Mon 27th Aug 2001Q. What is the British Library A. The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, equivalent to the Archives Nationales in France or the Library of Congress in the USA. Q.
00:00 Mon 27th Aug 2001Q. What is Australian Aboriginal art all about A. Traditional Aboriginal art is almost entirely religious and ceremonial, and it portrays - often in a very abstract manner - stories of 'the
00:00 Mon 20th Aug 2001Q. What is the Dog of Alcibiades A. 'The Dog of Alcibiades' - also known as the 'Jennings Dog' - is a twice-lifesize marble sculpture of a Molossian Hound, the ancestor of modern mastiffs and
00:00 Mon 20th Aug 2001Q. Who was Aldous Huxley A. The English novelist and essayist Aldous Leonard Huxley was born in Godalming, Surrey, on 26 July 1894. He came from a distinguished scientific and literary family: his
00:00 Mon 20th Aug 2001Q. Who was Fran ois Mansart A. Mansart - also spelt Mansard - was the first really important purveyor of French classicism in architecture and he played a leading role in shaping the French baroque
00:00 Mon 13th Aug 2001Q. What's behind the story that Conan Doyle was not the author of The Hound of the Baskervilles A. Historian Roger Garrick-Steele has suggested that the super-sleuth's most celebrated adventure was
00:00 Mon 13th Aug 2001Q. What's the history of the Elgin Marbles A. After their victory against the Persians at Plataea in 479BC, the Athenians returned to find the Acropolis in ruins. It was rebuilt under the patronage
00:00 Mon 13th Aug 2001Q. What arts funding bodies are there in the UK A. There are four separate arts councils in the UK: the Scottish Art Council, the Arts Council of Wales, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the
00:00 Mon 06th Aug 2001Q. What's the difference between Art Nouveau and Art Deco A. These two movements, while they have much common ground, are quite distinct from one another, though many people mix them up. Both found
00:00 Mon 06th Aug 2001Q. What's the story behind the theft of the Mona Lisa A. On Monday 21 August 1911, Leonardo da Vinci's La Gioconda - better known as the Mona Lisa, the world's most famous work of art - was stolen
00:00 Mon 06th Aug 2001A. Eudora Welty - who died following a bout of pneumonia on 23 July 2001 - was perhaps the most discreetly eminent of the 20th century's great American writers. She became famous for her short stories
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