| | No takers for Miro at London sale
| | A 1933 work by the Spanish artist Joan Miro fails to sell in a week that has seen other pieces sold for record prices at London auctions.
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| | Mills 'did not back phone access'
| | Heather Mills, ex-wife of Sir Paul McCartney, tells the Leveson Inquiry she did not authorise former tabloid editor Piers Morgan to access her voicemail.
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| | Watts lands Princess Diana role
| | British-born actress Naomi Watts is to portray Princess Diana in a new film believed to explore her relationship with the heart surgeon Hasnat Khan.
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| | Whiteread to make gallery frieze
| | British artist Rachel Whiteread is commissioned to create a new work to adorn the historic facade of the Whitechapel Gallery in east London.
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| | Library appoints resident artist
| | The British Library appoints its first artist-in-residence - a performer who will create a new character based on his research into hypnotism.
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| | Berlin to open with French drama
| | A drama set around the French Revolution, starring Diane Kruger as Marie Antoinette, will launch the Berlin Film Festival later.
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| | Singer Tabor sweeps folk awards
| | Veteran singer June Tabor wins four prizes at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in Salford, three of which are shared with her collaborators The Oysterband.
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| | Kate attends Lucian Freud preview
| | The Duchess of Cambridge carries out her first solo public engagement, attending a preview of a new Lucian Freud exhibition in central London.
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| | Vampire story sucks in film bids
| | The evacuation of a remote archipelago in 1930 is linked to a vampire infestation in a new comic which could be turned into a film.
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| | McGowan to host ITV1 sports show
| | Comedian Alistair McGowan is set to make an impression on ITV1 with a new sports entertainment show, to be executive produced by Harry Hill.
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| | Three Gatsby stage plays planned
| | Three different stage versions of the American classic novel The Great Gatsby are set to take place later this year, it is announced.
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| | Mars-Jones wins Hatchet Job prize
| | Critic Adam Mars-Jones wins the inaugural Hatchet Job of the Year award for his scathing review of Michael Cunningham's latest book, By Nightfall.
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| | Coogan reaches hacking settlement
| | Comedian Steve Coogan and ex-footballer Paul Gascoigne are among the latest people to have settled their claims for damages over News of the World phone hacking.
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