J. K. Rowling has said that someone loved Snape. I can't help but feel that it must have been his mother, the former Eileen Prince. He put her maiden name in his private nickname, identifying with her in secret, perhaps deriving strength from that identification, while maintaining his father's surname in public. ( No 'Lord Voldemort' for him. )

Posters! They convey simple, would-be persuasive messages in stunning graphic form. From Toulouse-Lautrec's treatments of the Moulin Rouge to Russian Constructivism to Chinese revolutionary propaganda to 60's rock show ads, posters are as much a part of culture as any "fine" art.

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