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Text on the tag: By British artist William Wood (1769–1810). Wood began formal training at the Royal Academy in 1785 aged sixteen. He was quickly r...

Text on the tag: Illustration by Jessie Wilcox Smith (1863 - 1935), an American Illustrator who was active during the Golden Age of Illustration an...

Text on the tag: The model in the painting is the wife of William Morris, Jane Morris, who was often the subject of Rossetti’s paintings. In this p...

Text on the tag: By American impressionist painter Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919). One of the founding members of "The Ten", Weir alongside fellow m...

Text on the tag: The Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, led the expansion of the American steel industry becomin...

Text on the tag: The artists Van Gogh and Paul Gaugin were great friends and lived together in Arles for 63 days in the fall of 1888. Van Gogh pain...

Text on the tag: The oleander is an ornamental plant normally associated with the Mediterranean Basin where it grows since the time of the ancient ...

Text on the tag: From The Angel’s Concert, the image portrays two seated angles reading from a song book. By Cherubino Alberti (1553-1615).

Text on the tag: By Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). The artist placed a copy of ‘La joie de Vivre’ by Emile Zola, a novel he regarded as a bible for ...

Text on the tag: The smell of a book can be a reminder of things past, with all the linked memories, but also, the smell acts as a trigger of excit...

Text on the tag: According to the National Sleep Foundation, a bedtime reading ritual helps to prepare the body for sleep, aiding the mind to unwin...

Text on the tag: Ever wondered which nation leads in the battle of book reading? This is in fact Iceland, where people read more books per capita t...

Text on the tag: According to a recent research, over a quarter of American adults did not read a single book, of any format, over a 12 months peri...

Text on the tag: The word “novel” as an adjective, dates from the early 1400s, and comes from the old French word “novel/nouvel” meaning “new, rece...

Text on the tag: A bibliophile is one who loves to read, and collect books, often with an extensive collection of books. Beware not to succumb to b...

Text on the tag: Reading is the top favourite pastime of many people. Studies also prove that they are also a brilliant aid with any stress or turm...

Text on the tag: The term “moron” was coined in 1910 by psychologist Henry H. Goddard and was used in psychology to denote mild intellectual disabi...

Text on the tag: The average person reads less than one book per year. After finishing college, most people only read five books over the course of...

Text on the tag: From a magazine cover (1906) by Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa (Portugal). The moon has always been a popular theme and a subject ...

Text on the tag: When browsing in bookstores, people will on average spend eight seconds looking at the front cover followed by fifteen seconds sc...

Text on the tag: Studies show that people who read are more likely to get ahead in their careers, as well as in life in general.

Text on the tag: Reading is the top favourite pastime of many people. It can also be fantastic to help with any stress or turmoil. For enjoyment, ...

Text on the tag: The world is filled with so many books. Even so, there can be times when we may fear running out of something to read. The term fo...

Text on the tag: Studies show that even six minutes of reading a book can reduce stress levels by more than two thirds. It is more effective than m...

Text on the tag: The oldest known confection in the world is the Linzer Torte, a tart with jam and a lattice pasty top, which shows up not only in ...

Text on the tag: In the early years, the Union Jack was usually restricted to use at sea, which most likely is the origin of its name, since it wa...

Text on the tag: Particularly famous for the association with Sherlock Holmes, the magnifying glass is a notable icon in detective fiction. The mag...

Text on the tag: The oldest surviving terrestrial globe was made in 1492 by Martin Behaim (1459–1537).

Text on the tag: The first fountain pen with a built in reservoir was produced in 1844. The first nibs were made of gold alloys. They were often di...

Text on the tag: Depending on where we are on the globe, some of us are spinning through space at just over 1,000 miles per hour. Those positioned ...

Text on the tag: The English inventor Henry Mill had patented a similar machine long ago in 1714, which never seems to have gone into production. T...

Text on the tag: Early readers develop vocabulary necessary to communicate, and therefore, more likely to attempt to formulate their thoughts befor...

Text on the tag: In the Odyssey, is one of the first dogs ever to be named in Western literature - Argos. Having waited for his master to return fo...

Text on the tag: The labelling of wine has been around for centuries. The tomb of King Tutankhamen, who died in 1352 BC, was laden with wine in jar...

Text on the tag: “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) Novelist and scholar

Text on the tag: The first known depiction of a heart as a symbol of love dates to the 1250s, which occurs in a miniature in a manuscript of the Fr...