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WEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY

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ROYAL GOLD MEDAL
Mark Lawson talks to Dutch Architect Rem Koolhaas, in Britain today to receive one of architecture's most prestigious prizes: the Royal Gold Medal.

Related links:
RIBA: Rem Koolhaas

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COLUMN: CELEB REPORTING
It's been 40 years since the marriage of Peter Sellers to Brit Eckland and critic Stephen Armstrong reflects on the changing trends in celebrity wedding reporting.

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ANDREAS SCHOLL
Countertenor Andreas Scholl traces the source of the arias on his new disc Arcadia back to the Academy founded by Queen Christina of Sweden in 17th century Rome. He is joined by Roderick Swanston of the Royal College of Music and Veronica Buckley, author of a new biography of Queen Christina.

Veronica Buckley's biography of Queen Christina of Sweden is out in April. Andreas Scholl's CD 'Arcadia' is out 23rd February on the Decca label. He is performing at the Barbican in London on the 25th February.

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Decca: Andreas Scholl
Queen Christina wikipedia

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BONNIE TYLER
Mid way through a whistlestop tour of Europe, singer Bonnie Tyler talks about topping the French charts again with a re-recorded version of her number one song Total Eclipse of the Heart, this time as a duet with French singer Kareen Antonn.

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Official Bonnie Tyler website

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PIECES OF APRIL
Hannah McGill from Glasgow reviews the film by Peter Hedges' which stars Katie Holmes as a young New Yorker, struggling against all odds to make the perfect Thanksgiving dinner.

'Pieces of April' is released Certificate 12a, in selected cities around the country this Friday

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BBCi Films: Pieces of April

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