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Donatello was the first genius of the Renaissance, but his raw, expressive work also challenges all our assumptions about the period. He is justly the star of the V&A's triumphant new galleriesThe Ricordanze of Giovanni Chellini da San Miniato are terse little comments, on the whole. It was the custom for men of substance i (Read More)
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Bluegrass, fado, opera and jazz fuse together at Georgia's glorious medley of a festival. Kate Connolly falls in love with the music, history and mint julepsThe man who drives me from the airport to my hotel sings for much of the way; the receptionist croons Someone to Watch Over Me as I check in, and in one of the city's e (Read More)
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• US confectioner has moved thousands of jobs to Mexico in three-year restructuring• Company's intentions towards Cadbury, a potential bid target, remain unclearIt calls itself the sweetest place in America. But the home town of Hershey's, the chocolate maker, has a lingering hint of bitterness in the air after cost-cutting (Read More)
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Police rule out stranger attack but reject honour killing theory despite misgivings by Asian women's groupsEvery day, staff at Sunrise Radio were greeted with a smile from Geeta Aulakh, the receptionist who had dreamed as a young girl of working for the first independent 24-hour Asian station.For four days this week, her ch (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Twenty years after the launch of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, we must do more to listen to vulnerable childrenTo 13-year-old Mumo Katumo, the anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is an utter irrelevance. For the past year Mumo and her family have been struggling to stay alive in the d (Read More)
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All-star Royal Albert Hall concert claims 25% share, but loses out heavily to Coronation Street murder confessionMore than 6 million viewers watched BBC1's all-star concert at the Royal Albert Hall in aid of Children In Need, but it was still no match for ITV1's Coronation Street and I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! las (Read More)
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Boiling the complex issue of population decline down to selfishness, as the chief rabbi has done, is absurdThe question: Are we too selfish to survive?The chief rabbi's comments were the most muddled of any recent religious leader. His speech managed to combine so many problematic statements and assumptions that it is hard (Read More)
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I know people who swear by the charms of Lagos or Grozny. For them, as me, a city is where friends are. Take note, Jan MorrisI once sat next to a woman at dinner who asked me where I lived. When I replied, London, she frowned and said, how simply ghastly for me. "It is an awful place, absolute hell. I hate going there, the (Read More)
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Every town seems to have its own festive fair this year. Susan Greenwood picks her top 10, at home and awayUK markets1. Greenwich, LondonAfter kicking off its Christmas festivities with a lantern procession, live music and mulled wine on 27 November, the London borough's famous market will be joined by Christmas-themed stal (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Film:
There is more ingenuity, guts and brilliance in the developing world as depicted in Uberto Pasolini's film than anything Hollywood can cobble togetherTomorrow sees the release of Machan, one the most important films to come out the developing world in recent years – and the best film about illegal immigration I've ever seen (Read More)
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Anonymous £2.5m donation paves the way for a major new children's attraction, due to open in 2014From Lewis Carroll's Wonderland to JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth, CS Lewis's Narnia and the parallel universes of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, Oxford has played host to some of the UK's most enduring literary creations. Now (Read More)
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France's captain missed the perfect opportunity to produce an act of genuine sportsmanshipThierry Henry had about five seconds in which to decide to join the immortals. While William Gallas wheeled away from the point-blank header which gave France the lead over the Republic of Ireland during extra time in their World Cup p (Read More)
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Hip hop group Public Enemy has reunited to lend their voices for a great cause. The group plans to promote National Homeless Youth Awareness Month by meeting more than 30 homeless youth who are being housed at Washington, DC-based Sasha Bruce House and sharing in a Thanksgiving dinner together. And yes, Flava Flav will be i (Read More)
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'Tis the season for the annual lighting of the UNICEF Snowflake. UNICEF Ambassador and actress Lucy Liu will light the UNICEF snowflake on Thursday, November 19, in New York, and actress Rebecca Mader will light the west coast Snowflake on Saturday, November 21, in Beverly Hills."The UNICEF Snowflake is a special symbol fo (Read More)
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Friends identify victim as community radio station worker Geeta AulakhPolice were tonight questioning six men after a young woman was found with severe head injuries and her hand severed in a suburban street in west London. She was taken to hospital but died from her injuries.Friends identified the victim as a 26-year-old r (Read More)