Search results for ‘Matthew Cain’
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Battle of British art shows
As two new modern art exhitions prepare to open in London and Nottingham, our Culture Editor, Matthew Cain, asks which is likely to come out on top.
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Stephen Sondheim: Still great at 80
There’s something about Sondheim, writes our Culture Editor, Matthew Cain. Sondheim has been visiting Britain as part of his 80th birthday celebrations – and he spoke to Channel 4 News.
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Gypsy life making its mark on the arts scene
Their controversial deportation from France angered the EU – but here stories about Romany Gypsies are having an increasing cultural influence, writes our Culture Editor, Matthew Cain.
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Jonathan Franzen, 21st century cultural icon?
Jonathan Franzen’s book Freedom has been billed as a heavyweight “state of the nation” epic, but Culture Editor Matthew Cain finds a compelling tale of personal rivalries and the battle “to be good”.
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Turner Prize nominations unveiled
A video installation, crumpled canvases and an empty room full of sound. Culture Editor Matthew Cain looks at the 2010 art nominees for the prestigious Turner Prize.
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Hollywood star Tony Curtis dies at home aged 85
The Hollywood actor Tony Curtis has died – at the age of 85. Culture Editor Matthew Cain looks back at the star’s life.
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Government opens up its art collection
George Osborne has an etching by Grayson Perry called Print for a Politician and Eric Pickles chose Yorkshire Roads by David Hockney. Culture Editor Matthew Cain looks into the government’s art.
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‘Dig deep’ to boost arts funding, government asks
The government wants more philanthropic donations to boost arts funding in the UK. But will funders want a say in the artistic process? Culture editor Matthew Cain investigates.
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If the shoe fits: why do women love shoes?
They used to say diamonds were a girl’s best friend – but these days it is all about shoes. As luxury shoe sales boom, Culture Editor Matthew Cain looks at the surge in popularity.
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AM Homes wins Women’s Prize for Fiction
The American author AM Homes beats Hilary Mantel and Zadie Smith to the Women’s Prize for Fiction for her sixth novel, May We Be Forgiven.
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Women’s Prize for Fiction: the Channel 4 News verdict
From missing mothers to murder, climate change to the Tudors: this year’s shortlist for what was the Orange Prize for fiction has been described as “staggeringly strong”. Channel 4 News takes a look.
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Actor Richard Griffiths dies at 65
Richard Griffiths, star of films including Withnail and I and the Harry Potter series, dies at the age of 65 from complications following heart surgery.
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Hockney assistant death: ‘no obvious natural cause’
A post-mortem examination has shown “no obvious natural causes” for the death of Dominic Elliott, David Hockney’s personal assistant, say police.
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Police investigate death of David Hockney’s assistant
David Hockney’s 23-year-old studio assistant dies after being rushed to hospital from the artist’s home in a serious condition, say reports.
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Does the Turner Prize back art world winners?
It may attract the most attention of all the art prizes around. But aside from the unmade beds and piles of poo, does the Turner Prize signal success for the winner? Channel 4 News investigates.
