Kenzo delves into Victorian garden Oct 4, 2008
Italian designer Antonio Marras sent his audience on a voyage through the looking glass, with outfits in botanical prints swarming with ribbons, pearls and shells inspired by the Lewis Carroll novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.". Sprigs and blossoms in Victorian watercolor shades bloomed on a floorlength cream chiffon gown that was draped over one shoulder. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Book Review: Lewis Carroll by Anne ... Sep 15, 2008
Book Review: Lewis Carroll by Anne Higonnet: A Collection of Photographs by the Author of Alice in Wonderland ... Book Review: Lewis Carroll by Anne Higonnet ... Book Review: Lewis Carroll by Anne Higonnet. (Suite101.com)
One day in the life of Paul Mulshinovich Aug 10, 2008
This intellectual exercise by Oxford mathematician Lewis Carroll is, of course, one of the greatest works in modern literature, but the locals were apparently aware only of the Disney version. Every once in a while, I could hear one walk by and say, "Alice in Wonderland! Whut the hell?". (NJ.com -- News)
New storm over nude child picture Jul 7, 2008
The cover image shows the girl, who was then six, in front of a painted backdrop that refers to the work of Lewis Carroll. Two more, which were removed from a photographic show in Gosford last year after complaints, show her at the age of four and wearing nothing but her grandmother's jewellery. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Celebrate Talents and Strengths of those Living with Epilepsy Jul 3, 2008
(ARA) - Some of history's most creative minds, including Vincent van Gogh, Ludwig Beethoven, Leo Tolstoy and Lewis Carroll, are believed to have had epilepsy. Today, one in 10 adults will have a seizure at some point in his or her life and more than 3 million people in the United States have epilepsy. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
History, learning, beauty reign over Oxford Jun 22, 2008
Alice was a real child and author Lewis Carroll was the Rev. Charles Dodgson, a mathematics don at Christ Church. (Alice's father, Henry George Liddell, was dean of Christ Church. (Boston Globe)
London's Victoria & Albert Museum May 26, 2008
London's Victoria & Albert Museum: Anish Kapoor, Anselm Kiefer, Lewis Carroll and the Supremes at V&A ... Anish Kapoor, Anselm Kiefer, Lewis Carroll and the Supremes at V&A ... The sculpture, designed by C J Lim, and inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), consists of twigs and trunks made from honeycombed paper panels and roses created from recycled fabric. (Suite101.com)
Back - due to popular demand May 3, 2008
Both are in a tradition of English absurdism rather than satire: there are echoes of Beckett, Lewis Carroll and NF Simpson, studded with the kind of sparkling jokes you would expect from someone who was also writing for That Was the Week that Was and The Frost Report at the time. In 1974, Nobbs published The Death of Reginald Perrin, which became a successful TV series and made him famous. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Childrens' classic comes to High School stage Mar 29, 2008
The students said their production, which is based on Lewis Carroll s childrens classic, appeals to adults, too. The script is laced with some intelligent plays on words, the students said, and the colorful, fanciful costumes are works of art. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
How to bring the past to life in 2008 Jan 11, 2008
After several seasons of realistic carvings and castings, designers are beginning to tweak woodland fantasy motifs, presenting flora and fauna in an almost-surreal way that's more Lewis Carroll than Field m. "Acorns and owls are the new deer and daisies," says Brooke Hodge, curator of architecture and design at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Cartoon-influenced mass-market accessories aimed at the young at heart may resemble kitschy midcentury knickknacks, but unexpected materials... (FOX59, IN)
Books special Nov 25, 2007
Alice in Wonderland (Penguin Classics) by Lewis Carroll is a great book, an allegory for women today, still not fitting in 'quite', either too big or too small or growing too fast. It is amusing to read fiction as a satire, not as a simple story, and has been my favourite book all year. (Guardian Unlimited)
Bust’ and other words of art Sep 21, 2007
It is indeed, and although it sounds as if Lewis Carroll had invented it, the word has been legit since 1671. In the same vein, let me turn to a reader in Columbus, Ohio. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Ozone slayer?Science pioneer warns of holes in the 20- year-old ozone treaty Sep 18, 2007
Readers of Lewis Carroll may recall the words of an old song that came into Alice's head in Through the Looking Glass: "Tweedledum and Tweedledee agreed - to have a battle". What was agreed in Montreal 20 years ago. (BBC News -- Americas)
Paris on the Platte Jul 27, 2007
The two-room interior, with bakery cases, a kitchen, a full-service coffee bar and an antique bean roaster, would seem more fitting to Lewis Carroll than Lower Downtown. The ceiling is partially covered in a black and white checkerboard, and Christmas lights abound, even in the middle of summer. (UCD Advocate, CO)
Cabinets of curiosity Jun 30, 2007
The walk-in china chamber is an irresistible child's fantasy, a Lewis Carroll concept, and in 2002 de Waal started the long project to construct his own. The Porcelain Room, a tiled chamber containing a sequence of 360 small, cylindrical pots, all celadon glazed, was first shown at the Geffrye Museum in London. (Guardian Unlimited)
Q&A Katie Roiphe Jun 24, 2007
It was followed by another polemic, "Last Night in Paradise," bemoaning the loss of mystery in contemporary sexuality, and "Still She Haunts Me," a novel sympathetically fictionalizing the unseemly fascination "Alice in Wonderland" author Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) had with children. But there's a thread connecting all of these books: an impassioned defense of "wild, unsensible feeling.". (Boston Globe)
Curling up with a good ebook May 11, 2007
The one that was sent to me already had downloaded on to it four books by Arthur Conan Doyle, two Bront novels, 10 by Dickens, four apiece by George Eliot and DH Lawrence, three Dostoevskys, James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist and Ulysses, Jane Austen's complete works, and ditto Lewis Carroll, both big fat Tolstoys, five Thomas Hardy novels and quite a lot of poetry. That's a hefty bookshelf, accommodated in a device only a little over a centimetre thick and in breadth and depth about the... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Interactivity Apr 29, 2007
Each is a Portmanteau word, which, according to owes its origin to nineteenth century English author Lewis Carroll, perhaps best known for Alices Adventures in Wonderland. He invented Portmanteau word in 1882 to describe words with two meanings packed into one word used in his poem Today, youll find celebrity couples with one. (USA Today -- Money)
'The art of the people' Apr 21, 2007
At first sight, his black and white illustrations, particularly those for Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll and Aesop, appear to be traditional wood engravings, but in fact they are all pen and ink drawings, which is something of a paradox ... Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark, which he illustrated last year for Inky Parrot Press, is a story perfectly suited to his penchant for mystery, darkness and arcane symbolism. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
* Letters: English slings and arrows Apr 8, 2007
The logic is worthy of Lewis Carroll. "Nobody knows of a better way to fairly place students," Walsh says. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
He were a right bonny lad, that Mad Hatter Apr 1, 2007
Lewis Carroll's debt to the north east is writ large in the wise and witty graphic book, Alice in Sunderland ... What I'm trying to say is that Alice in Sunderland, in which graphic novelist Bryan Talbot suggests that Lewis Carroll's greatest source of inspiration was the gritty north east (and not, as most people think, rarefied Oxford, where he was famously a don), is one of the most exhilarating books I've read in years ... Talbot, who is best-known to comic fans as the creator of The... (Guardian Unlimited)
Bound For Beauty Mar 30, 2007
The current exhibition includes bindings for books that range from childhood writings of her daughters Kim, Margot and Hilary, to special editions of works by Lewis Carroll, Basho, Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allen Poe and the poet James Merrill, her cousin by marriage and a close friend. Each project begins with the loose leaves of a printed, but unbound book. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Mike Keith's ode to pi in a poem Mar 15, 2007
". Infamous Surta's shelves (all in a grand display) contained: A Cambridge Treasury Poe's A Poem Herbert's Dune, Wyndham's Triffids Ad Infinitum & Beyond, Buzz Lite Stories, Fitzgerald Novels, Richardson Aliceland, Lewis Carroll Poems of England, Wordsworth Oulipo Anthology, Perec Several of my undeniable favorites I spotted among Surta's shelves. Undoubtedly worthy choices! In my wandering I discovered Shakspar's Comedies & Dramas. "Hamletian inspection beckoneth. ", I joked. In restless... (USA Today -- Tech)
Austen bests Tolkien in UK survey of favourite books Mar 3, 2007
The survey's more than 2000 respondents largely named classic titles from the likes of the Bronte sisters, Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Lewis Carroll, Alexandre Dumas and W.M. Thackeray. Canadians on the list include Lucy Maud Montgomery, Margaret Atwood, Yann Martel andRohinton Mistry. (CBC Manitoba)
Blue Ceiling dance Feb 13, 2007
The group has tackled projects inspired by Lewis Carroll, Einstein, c, and the physiology and history of forgetting. Previous works include Pru, a dance inspired by T. S. Eliot s The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock, and Dinner At 7:30, a multidisciplinary piece by Allyson MacMackon inspired by Virginia Woolf s novel The Waves. (Suite101.com)
Caterpillar can hide treasure Jan 23, 2007
Celebrate the birthday of author Lewis Carroll with imaginary `Alice in Wonderland' creature ... She was stuck in the middle of the wonderful imagination of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll, author of the magical Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ... Celebrate the life and works of Lewis Carroll on his birthday Jan. 27 with a caterpillar made from a cylindrical container such as an oatmeal box. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Living)
Evan Rachel Wood: Manson/Von Teese Home Wrecker? Jan 11, 2007
The two have apparently been friends since he asked her to appear in his forthcoming horror movie, Phantasmagoria: The Visions Of Lewis Carroll, but their relationship had recently blossomed into something more, according to People. "Dita is heartbroken, she didn't see this coming," an unnamed source told the magazine. (Chart Attack)
Manson dating 19-year-old Jan 11, 2007
On his official website, Manson says he met Wood for the first time after asking her to star in his horror movie 'Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll. Wood once posed for one of Manson's watercolour paintings. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
The January Skinny Jan 7, 2007
Celebrate Lewis Carroll s birthday with a little one Sunday, Jan. 21, by attending the Mad Hatter Tea Party at the Lewis Library and be sure to wear a hat. Cherry. (Helena Independent Record)
