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Gomp/arts
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Gomp/arts
Why Gauguin is still an artist for today
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Raphael rapped
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Strawberry Hill re-opens
Arts & culture
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Fashion's Catherine Walker dies
The fashion designer Catherine Walker, whose clothes were favoured by Diana, Princess of Wales, has died at the age of 65, her family has said.
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Green Day singer joins stage show
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Lehman Bros art makes $12m in US
Film
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Hollywood 'scared to take risks'
Two blockbuster film directors say it has become much harder to make Hollywood movies, as studios want to stick with 'safe' movies.
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Jackson threatens Hobbit shutdown
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Stephen Fry joins Sherlock sequel
Music
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Collins tops chart after 12 years
Phil Collins is the top of the UK albums chart with covers album Going Back - 12 years after his last number one.
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Sugababe on drink-driving charge
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Abba anger at far-right song use
TV & radio
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EastEnders crowned at soap awards
EastEnders wins six trophies at the Inside Soap awards, including best soap and a fifth successive best actress gong for Lacey Turner.
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Rowling to appear on Oprah show
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Corrie begins anti-leak lockdown
Features & analysis
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Glorifying violence?
Drugs war inspires Mexican moviemakers
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'A strange life'
Amy MacDonald on the perils of touring Europe
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In Pictures
Mirror sculptures in Kensington Gardens
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Don't call it a comeback
'I've only been away for two years,' says KT Tunstall
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Blacklisted books
Should parents have the power to ban school texts?
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Calling all corsets
ITV plunges into costume drama with Downton Abbey
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In pictures
Art owned by collapsed banking giant Lehman Brothers up for sale
Quote of the Day
Film director Adam McKay on how the financial crisis has hit Hollywood
Elsewhere on the BBC
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The Real Berlin
Three celebrity hosts show you the city as only the locals know it
Programmes
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Jeff Sheng, Ismail Kadare, African Asian Dance, Enter The Void.