The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them. - Anatole France I have been very busy in my spare time l...

"A converted cannibal is one who, on Friday, eats only fishermen." - Emily Lotney We watched a delightful German movie yesterday a...

Fishy Fishy Fishy, Fishy in the Creek, Come a-swimming quick, quick, quick, Daddy's been fishing all the day While you been swimming the...

Extract from: Lost in Translation Out of the blue, as promised, of a New York Puzzle-rental shop the puzzle comes — A superior one, containi...

“… Look deep into my eyes, dear Bride, and see what you have not yet seen. For a stranger I have become, and a stranger I am indeed. The one...

The Hateful Colour I'd like to go out into the world, Out into the wide world; If only it weren't so green, so green, Out there in t...

The Sick Rose O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm. That flies in the night In the howling storm: Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy...

“The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do.” - James Allen I keep a “visual diary” and have done so for several years; I have...

“I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results.” - Johann Sebastian Bach Today I shall let two great musicia...

“Every autumn, when the wind turns cold and darkness comes early, I am suddenly happy. It's time to start making soup again.” - Leslie N...

“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” - Oprah Winfrey Today is St Nicholas’ Day , celebrate...

“A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.” - Shirley Maclaine December the 5th is a very special day in Hol...

“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.” - Mark Twain Do you like lists? Are you a com...

"Let Them Eat Cake..." - Misattributed to Marie Antoinette Last weekend we watched Sofia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette” (2006) on D...

La Butte rouge de Monthéus « Sur c’te butt’-là, y’avait pas d’ gigolettes Pas de marlous, ni de beaux muscadins ; Ah ! c’était loin du moul...

The finest examples of this are shown throughout his White Period. In his paintings of the White Period, calm and serenity reign, enhanced b...

For most of his life, Maurice would be in and out of hospitals and institutions for drunkenness and mental illness due to drinking. His moth...

For Art Sunday, today, a tragic figure who is associated with Paris and Monmartre, more than any other painter, perhaps. It is Maurice Utril...

“Sometimes I have a terrible feeling that I am dying not from the virus, but from being untouchable.” - Amanda Heggs The first of December i...

“Whenever science makes a discovery, the devil grabs it while the angels are debating the best way to use it.” - Alan Valentine Just this we...