Q. For his 1942 painting Nighthawks, artist Edward Hopper used both his wife, Jo – a frequent muse – and himself as models. As Jo wrote in a letter to Edward’s sister, Marion: ‘Ed has just finished a very fine picture—a lunch counter at night with 3 figures. Night Hawks

Q. The comforts of home without all the chores? Sure. That’s a winning hotel formula. But, do we want to see other guests in their rumpled, blinds-down, teeth-out, home glory? We do not. What types of in-hotel behaviour do others find particularly off-putting? . A. Groan number one: put on

Q. They are awfully stubborn. The elephants refuse to leave the room, the thoughts cower inside the box, and the tattered idioms worm their way back into innocent conversations. What are some more examples of lesser used idioms? . A. The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms houses thousands of these ‘phrases that

Q. You’ve put a lot of time into watching this show: episode after episode, year after year. Now, it’s all coming to an end. How on earth will they wrap things up in the finale? Will the tone fit what we have experienced so far? Will the ultimate character arcs,