Like everyone who comes to Edward Lear's natural history paintings after his nonsense poems, I was completely bowled over," says Jenny Uglow, whose new biography, Mr Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense, ...

Jenny Uglow, Edward Lear’s most sensitive ... Uglow says that nonsense verse came to Lear when his mind was ‘off-duty’. She brings out the ironies and beauties of his most famous poem, ‘The Owl and ...

How did reading help you? Some mornings, I wrote nonsense poems about my pain. They helped me leave the bed. Soon, I ran out of metaphors to describe my pain. That’s when I knew I needed out-of ...

Julian Sher and Lisa Fitterman are co-authors of the book Hitman the story of notorious Quebec Hells Angels killer Yves (Apache) Trudeau. Fitterman and Sher in Montreal on Wednesday April 2, 2025 ...

This surprisingly entertaining film examines the 1975 fiscal crisis that nearly led the city to bankruptcy. The movie’s conclusions remain relevant today. By Alissa Wilkinson Tom Hardy is a ...

16.5 x 25.4 cm. (6.5 x 10 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

Director Paul Greengrass teams up again with movie star Matt Damon - their previous outings together were the last two Bourne sagas - to create a preachy political thriller disguised as an action ...