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A Turner masterpiece of a view over Rome sells for £29.7m at Sotheby’s in London, breaking the artist’s record at auction. Read the original article on the BBC

Antiques dealer Raymond Scott is cleared of stealing a rare copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio, worth an estimated £1m. Read the original article on the BBC

The National Portrait Gallery launches a £100,000 appeal to help keep in the UK the earliest known British oil painting of a freed slave. Read the original article on the BBC

Artist turned film-maker Sam Taylor-Wood has a baby girl with actor fiance Aaron Johnson. Read the original article on the BBC

Oscar-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg is set to make her West End debut, starring in the musical Sister Act. Read the original article on the BBC

The Serpentine Gallery’s summer pavilion, designed by world-renowned French architect Jean Nouvel, is unveiled. Read the original article on the BBC

Italian opera star Cesare Siepi, considered one of the finest ever bass singers, dies at the age of 87. Read the original article on the BBC

The BBC launches an online Proms archive, listing all performances, composers, works, soloists, conductors and ensembles in its 115-year history. Read the original article on the BBC

Novelist Dame Beryl Bainbridge has died at the age of 75 after a short illness, her agent says. Read the original article on the BBC

Two people who admitted selling fake prints they claimed were the work of graffiti artist Banksy receive 12-month suspended sentences. Read the original article on the BBC