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One of the winners was Church Walk, a bespoke housing development in Hackney. Picture: RIBA/Tim Crocker

In pictures: 13 London buildings pick up top architectural award

Modernist family houses in Tower Hamlets, a sculptural Energy Centre at the Olympic Park and a state-of-the-art cancer treatment centre in Camden are among 13 buildings in London which have been given a national architectural award.

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Paloma Faith is one of many stars supporting the agit8 campaign. Picture: John Stillwell/PA Wire

Popstars take to Thames stage in G8 poverty campaign

Singer-songwriter Paloma Faith joined other artists to perform outside the Tate Modern gallery this afternoon as part of a campaign to fight world poverty.

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Clothing designer Sir Paul Smith. Picture: Philip Toscano/PA Wire

Design Museum to recreate original Paul Smith boutique

A London museum is going to recreate the tiny shop where Sir Paul Smith launched his fashion empire as part of a new exhibition about the designer.

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Picasso’s work to auction at ‘accessible’ prices in London sale

Original work by Picasso will sell in London later this month for just a few hundred pounds a pop, it has been announced.

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Christian Vogt's work is on show at the Margaret Street Gallery.

Exhibition review: Today I’ve Been You by Christian Vogt

“What moves me: what, when and how things come together – in photography as well as in life.

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The Tate Modern on London's South Bank. Picture: Isabel Infantes

John Constable masterpiece acquired in Tate deal

A Tate deal has saved one of “the great masterpieces of British art”, which will soon go on show in London and across the country.

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Win £500 worth of New Look vouchers

We are giving away £500 worth of vouchers for New Look to let you spend on anything that you want!

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Wood you believe it? Rescue full of coincidences

A series of “unbelievable” coincidences saw a firefighter named Woods rescue a tree surgeon from Woodland Way in Petts Wood.

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