The epistolary novel is a form in which the story is told through a series of documents, usually letters, although sometimes using diary entries and, more recently, emails and blogs. Many of these have been turned into popular movies.
So you're in the mood to get a photograph of a large statue of Jesus Christ - do you know which country you will need to visit to take a selfie with each of these?
Baptised Sahle Maryam, this illegitimate and unrecognised son of the King of Shewa not only gained his ancestral crown, but went on to become Emperor of Ethiopia. He is generally credited with establishing the modern nation of Ethiopia.
You may not know her name, but you have certainly heard her voice in at least one of these movies! Come explore the career of the woman nicknamed "The Voice of Hollywood".
Brisbane is home to a number of sporting teams. Can you match each of these teams, active in 2020, with the sport in which participants battle as part of a national or international competition?
Dick Van Dyke starred as the doctor-detective whose coworkers often seemed like an extended family, and whose real family members made regular appearances in this series from the 1990s.
The Russian city of St Petersburg has been around since 1703, so a lot of events are associated with the city. Can you place these in chronological order?
Like many of Robert Frost's poems, "Mending Wall" uses a rural New England setting to explore metaphysical issues while evoking a sense of the timeless immediacy of the moments he describes. And there are familiar quotes!
While thumbing through the telephone directory in the phone box outside his house, my friend Bob noticed an advertisement for a local dancing school, and decided to investigate the lessons on offer there.
Most people immediately associate an American set of horse races for three-year-olds with this term, but many countries have a traditional Triple Crown.
Memory, or often the lack of memory, is a recurring theme in books, films, TV shows, and other forms of entertainment media. Can you recognise the titles from a brief description of each one?
One of the highlights of a summer's day in New York City is attending a performance of the current Shakespearian production in Central Park. Let's explore the history of this tradition.
So what will you expect to see when you order from a Thai menu? Match each of these ten dishes with its description. Each has its basic ingredients described, most have many variants, as described in the information.
"His CIA code name is Condor. In the next seventy-two hours almost everyone he trusts will try to kill him." So reads the tagline for this 1975 mystery/thriller based on the novel 'Six Days of the Condor' by James Grady.
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen - these elements combine to produce many of the molecules which form the basis of life. This is an introduction to some basic organic chemistry molecules.
A virtual visit to Beijing seems the perfect opportunity to make acquaintance (or renew old friendships) with these ten classical works of Chinese literature, both fiction and non-fiction.
Theatrical tradition decrees that some things should always be said or done, while others are forbidden. Can you identify which of these belongs in which category?
Everlong (from everlasting and long) is one way to describe some of these movies, which rank among the longest-running films ever released. Exact running times are hard to determine, due to different releases, but they're all long!
If you know the 2006 remake, you may be able to match each of these characters from the film that won the Academy Award as the Best Picture of 1949 with their description. Some names differ from those in Arthur Penn's Pulitzer Prize-winning book.