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Review: Così fan tutte

Back at Covent Garden for its sixth revival, Jonathan Miller’s Royal Opera/Teatro dell’Opera Rome co-production of Mozart and Da Ponte’s Così fan tutte here is perhaps most notable for the house debut of conductor Julia […]

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Greece and Rome rediscovered

Watch and listen: Ancient treasures – including a Roman version of the Swiss Army knife – go on display in Cambridge. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8485654.stm

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Catcher in the Rye novelist dies

American novelist JD Salinger, author of classic 20th Century book The Catcher in the Rye, has died aged 91, his son says. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/8486169.stm

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Perfecting the art of destruction

Artist Michael Landy, who once destroyed his possessions in the name of art, turns a gallery into a giant bin for the disposal of artworks. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8486011.stm

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Poets to hold ‘literary Live Aid’

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy will join 18 other leading poets in a literary Live Aid-style event for victims of the Haiti earthquake. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8485443.stm

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Bumper year for West End theatre

London’s West End theatres enjoyed another record-breaking year in 2009, with receipts topping the half-a-billion pound mark for the first time. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8483143.stm