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Gomp/arts
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Not so Tinie
Why UK urban music triumphed at the Brits
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Monster hit
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Home win
Arts & culture
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Burns book project wins £1m award
Glasgow University is awarded £1m to publish the first complete scholarly edition of Robert Burns's works.
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Picasso work bound for West Bank
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Dance expert set for Olympic show
Film
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Film and TV composer Strauss dies
Composer and music editor John Strauss, who worked on films including Oscar best picture winner Amadeus, dies at the age of 90 in Los Angeles.
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Mickey Rooney 'abused by stepson'
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Amazing title for Spider-Man film
Music
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'Break down' music software launched
A music technology firm in south-east London develops a system for breaking music into its component parts.
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Rod Stewart's eighth child is born
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Radiohead album is released early
TV & radio
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Cable Murdoch gaffe 'cost £300k'
It will cost £300,000 to move civil servants dealing with media policy and competition, after Vince Cable's comments about Rupert Murdoch.
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S4C demo at BBC studios
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King claims Morgan was 'oversold'
Features & analysis
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'A fickle business'
Why True Grit is the Coen brothers' biggest hit
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In pictures
Images from the start of London Fashion Week
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Dangerous world
Lara Logan case highlights attacks on reporters
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The Creature speaks
Writer Nick Dear on his stage version of Frankenstein
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Success or failure?
Critics' verdict on the new Anna Nicole Smith opera
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Bieber fever
Why all the fuss about this teen star?
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Roman Ralph
Fiennes revives one of the Bard's lesser known heroes
Quote of the Day
Nigel Lindsay accepting best supporting actor in a play for Broken Glass at the What's On Stage awards
Elsewhere on the BBC
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Budget Dubai
BBC Travel gets away from the glitz to experience Dubai's hotel revolution
Programmes
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The Strand
Has a boy idol like Justin Bieber done enough to merit a documentary film about his life?
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One Planet
Why has the art world failed to capture the public's imagination when it comes to climate change?
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