"e;I invent the most hopeless sounding plots; very often they are based on something I've rea...

Soundings is Dora Malech's latest anthology of poems written in the last decade and appearing for...

Rameau's Nephew is a fictional conversation written by Denis Diderot, one of the key figures of t...

Francis Bacon and Michael Peppiatt were close friends for over thirty years. As Peppiatt, the edi...

"e;A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and whol...

Avigdor Arikha was one of the most important artists of the twentieth century. He was born in Rom...

"e;More than any other technical design or social institution, the railway stands for moderni...

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"e;It comes as a great shock to discover that the country which is your birthplace and to whi...

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"e;Although people like to talk about their travels, few of us like to listen to them. Such t...