The Dormouse in Chapter VII of The Annotated Alice (pgs. 93-95) gets the following footnote from Martin Gardner: The British dormouse is a tree-living rodent that resembles a small squirrel… [read full post]
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Europese Fotomontage: Mabel Odessey & Vladimir Clavijo-Telepnev
Before there was Instagram, people used chemical emulsifying processes to make their photographs look cool. An American artist named Mabel Odessey will have a site-specific installation at France’s Château de… [read full post]
Washington Ballet photoshoot gives a taste of next month’s new Alice production
The world premiere of Septime Webre’s ballet Alice (in Wonderland) in Washington, D.C., is less than a month away and Washington Life magazine is readying the town with a front cover… [read full post]
Xie Kitchin Asleep on Sofa in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
There’s a chance to see one of Charles Dodgson’s photographs up close at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston between now and August 5 this year. “Xie Kitchin Asleep… [read full post]
Pictures from a wedding in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland is increasingly popular as a wedding theme on reality television and in life (one “credit crunch” bride has even described it as recession-defying). As ever, some couples go further… [read full post]
Alice in Waterland: Magical underwater photographs by Elena Kalis
Back in Issue 83 of the Knight Letter we mentioned the incredible underwater photographs of Elena Kalis, but I wonder how many of you have actually had a chance to… [read full post]
Good Alice images on Avax News
Avax News is a website for interesting photos. Their mission is clearly stated: Every day, Lord Almighty is responsible for hundred thousands of fascinating and mysterious events in our earthly… [read full post]
“Fellini’s take on Lewis Carroll”: photography by Jeff Charbonneau and Eliza French
This new Jeff Charbonneau and Eliza French photography exhibit in San Francisco at the E6 Gallery is said to be “Lewis Carroll … inspired” by the San Francisco Chronicle. The… [read full post]
Kate’s Middleton’s honors dissertation: “Angels from Heaven’: Lewis Carroll’s Photographic Interpretation of Childhood”
Any 6-year-old girl obsessed with Disney Princess merchandise will tell you that Alice was not one of the princesses (‘princi’?). However, it turns out a real princess seems to have… [read full post]
Simon Winchester on Charles Dodgson: “his interest in the Liddell girls during their prepubescent years was unremarkable, in every sense of the word”
Simon Winchester, author of the excellent book The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, is back with a book… [read full post]