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Critic wins Hatchet Job prize for scathing review
Buildings bid for jelly replica
Lucian Freud - by his sitter
15:27 UK time, Monday, 6 February 2012
The first big exhibition of Lucian Freud's portraits opens this week since his death. But what did it feel like to be painted by him?
8 February 2012
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Taylor art auction fetches £14m
Three paintings from Elizabeth Taylor's personal art collection are sold for almost £14 million at an auction in London.
Don Cornelius death ruled suicide
Coroners rule Don Cornelius's death was suicide, nearly a week after the Soul Train creator was found with a gun shot to his head.
Nickelback lead Juno nominations
Nickelback, Drake and Feist are among the artists nominated for more than one prize at Canada's Juno music awards.
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Arts & culture
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Spanish artist Antoni Tapies dies
Spanish painter and sculptor Antoni Tapies, who was one of the world's leading contemporary art figures, dies aged 88.
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Royals celebrate Dickens' legacy
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Library closures inquiry begins
Film
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Payne named filmmaker of the year
The Descendants director Alexander Payne is named filmmaker of the year by the American Cinema Editors.
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Tom Cruise film producers sued
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Fassbender scoops Standard award
Music
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Madonna announces next world tour
Madonna announces the dates for her latest world tour, which will start in Israel in March.
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Pulp to be honoured at NME awards
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Oban fiddler wins BBC music award
TV & radio
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Iranians 'detained for BBC links'
Reports from Iran say several people have been detained for alleged links to the BBC's Persian Service, which is banned in the country.
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6 Music to mark 10th anniversary
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Broadcasters urge PM on court ban
Watch/Listen
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'Back from the dead singer' fools crowd01:27
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Dame Judi Dench on the red carpet02:17
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'Huge stage' planned for Jubilee concert01:56
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Could folk music go mainstream again?02:27
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Grownup Hollywood and more news02:10
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Channing Tatum: No risks in Hollywood01:31
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Jackie Mason's performance secrets04:28
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On set with Daniel Radcliffe02:54
Features & analysis
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Childish by name
Does it make economic sense for a performer to be multi-skilled?
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Radcliffe's Leading Lady
Harry Potter star is spooked in the Woman in Black
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In Pictures
Yayoi Kusama's dotty retrospective at the Tate
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Muppet technology
How a graphics chip advances aided the puppets' return
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No laughing matter
Is Qatar ready for stand-up comedy?
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Chicken run?
British animation aiming for an egg-cellent Oscar night
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Dickens's London
The prison, the pub and other landmarks that influenced author
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Oscars shortlist
The nine best picture nominees for 2012
Quote of the Day
Hatchet Job of the Year judge Sam Leith on Adam Mars-Jones's winning review“It was at once erudite, attentive, killingly fair-minded and viciously funny”
Elsewhere on the BBC
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Living in: Austin
The Texas capital's laid back traits make it a desirable place to live
Programmes
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Dickens And India
Writer Ayeesha Menon explores India's love affair with Charles Dickens
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Talking Movies
Daniel Radcliffe on his first post-Harry Potter film - a horror called The Woman in Black
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London Calling
A series of programmes bringing the city of London to life in the run up to the Olympic Games
The Strand
A report from the first ever Macau Literary Festival
