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‘Style is something you can use, and you can be like a magpie, just taking what you want. The idea of the rigid style seemed to me then something you needn't concern yourself with, it would trap you.’ – David Hockney David Hockney is known for many things – his paintings, photographs, stage designs and prints, that have made him one of the most influential artists...
In honour of Movember, Random House Australia's very own Sales & Marketing Manager of Children's Books, Justin Ractliffe, muses about some of the greatest moustache in literature: Soup strainer, lady tickler, mouth brow, cookie duster – call it what you will - the moustache has a glorious history in the novel. Lip hair can denote virility, villainy (hence ‘moustache...
