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Elizabeth Price scoops Turner Prize win
Elizabeth Price wins the Turner Prize for her film which blends 1960s pop with footage from a 1979 fire, but says her career would have been “unimaginable” without public support for the arts.
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Brought to book: boosting the profile of our libraries
We asked our Twitter followers if they agreed with novelist Jeanette Winterson, who says there needs to be a radical change in the way public libraries in this country are funded.
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2012 Man Booker prize: the shortlist reviewed
As the Man Booker panel prepares to reveal who has won this year’s prize, Channel 4 News’s speed-reading reviewers give their verdict on the 2012 hopefuls.
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Man arrested over Rothko vandalism
A man was last night arrested in connection with the criminal damage of a Mark Rothko painting in the Tate Modern.
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Cinematic ceremony launches London 2012
Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins kicks-off an all-singing, all-dancing opening ceremony which charts Britain’s social and cultural history from Bond to Bean, via the NHS.
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Madeline Miller wins 2012 Orange Prize
The Orange Prize 2012 is awarded to Madeline Miller for her first novel, Song of Achilles. Watch an exclusive video of the author reading from her book.
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Orange prize shortlist: the Channel 4 News verdict
Ahead of the announcement of this year’s Orange prize winner, the Channel 4 News team gives its verdict on the wide-ranging and eminent shortlist.
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Turner Prize shortlist announced
The four artists competing for this year’s Turner Prize have been announced by Tate Britain, showcasing sculpture, film and technical drawing for the British art world’s most famous award.
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Why is Peter Blake’s new Beatles cover so ‘white’?
As Sir Peter Blake re-imagines his famous Beatles’ album cover, Channel 4 News asks the artist why there are so few non-white people in his latest version.
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London 2012 Olympics: six months to go
London’s 2012 opening ceremony is to be called Isles of Wonder, organisers have revealed. With just six months to go, Britain’s Olympic medallists tell Channel 4 News “this Games will be spectacular”.
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How hard is the life of a professional ballet dancer?
Following the shock resignation of Sergei Polunin as principal with the Royal Ballet, Channel 4 News asks: just how gruelling is the life of a classical ballet dancer?
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David Hockney, ‘the hand, the eye and the heart’
On the eve of a major new show David Hockney tells Channel 4 News about his latest love affair with Yorkshire and, after that spat with Damien Hirst, why painting comes from the “hand and the heart”.
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LIVE BLOG: Latest from the TS Eliot Prize for Poetry
Tonight the TS Eliot Prize for Poetry is announced live on Channel 4 News. It’s the most high-profile award for British poets but this year it’s also political. Follow the #c4news live blog for latest news.
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The King’s Speech II: the future of British film?
As David Cameron recommends funding “commercially successful pictures”, Channel 4 News speaks to independent directors about the impact this would have on British cinema.
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Channel 4 News appoints first Science Editor
Channel 4 News announces that Tom Clarke is to become the programme’s first ever Science Editor.