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13 Feb, 2010

Children’s writer tops UK loans

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Children’s writer Dame Jacqueline Wilson is the most borrowed author of the past decade, new figures show.
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13 Feb, 2010

Black-eyed portrait fetches £2.8m

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A self-portrait of artist Lucian Freud sporting a black eye is sold for £2.8m at auction in London.
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13 Feb, 2010

Opera star Arkhipova dies at 85

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Russian opera singer Irina Arkhipova, who performed at the Bolshoi theatre for decades, has died.
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13 Feb, 2010

Italy orders return of statue

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A judge in Italy orders the Getty Museum in Los Angeles to return an ancient Greek bronze statue.
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13 Feb, 2010

National Gallery strike planned

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Staff at the National Gallery in London plan to strike next week in protest at their pay rates.
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13 Feb, 2010

Swiss art collection back on show

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A Swiss art collection that has been under lock and key since thieves stole its most-prized painting two years ago is to be open to the public again.
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13 Feb, 2010

Sale of Howson drawing

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A sketch drawn by artist Peter Howson as a 12-year-old schoolboy sells for £1,680 at a Glasgow auction.
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13 Feb, 2010

Rodent tale wins child book prize

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Debut author Katie Davies wins the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize for her tale The Great Hamster Massacre.
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13 Feb, 2010

In pictures: Deutsche Borse Prize

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The four shortlisted photographers in the running for the annual £30,000 Deutsche Borse Photography Prize.
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13 Feb, 2010

HMS Victory returns to Trafalgar

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Work by artist Yinka Shonibare, entitled Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle, will be unveiled on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth in May, it is announced.
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