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Nnena Kalu’s embodied, sensuous art makes her a worthy Turner prize winner
The closer you get to Kalu’s endless sinewy trails of old VHS tape, the harder it is to know where their forms stop and the space around them begins
Nnena Kalu’s forms come at you with their almost alien unknowable presence. They bulge and bifurcate and multiply. The viewer gets caught up in all the roaring, spilling, snaggling details, and you begin to wonder about your own boundaries, the body’s beginnings and its endings. The closer you get to Kalu’s endless sinewy trails of old VHS tape, their spews of filigree plastic webbing, their bound-up, sometimes cable-tied suturings, the harder it is to know where their forms stop and the space around them begins. Their containment is precarious. So full of life and energy, you think they might burst.
Kalu’s art is so embodied, so sensuous, so much a trace of her constant, physical engagement, so much a negotiation between the body that made it and the bodies she creates, it becomes difficult to distinguish between the activity of making and the thing itself. This was true, too, in the figures Giacometti made in his room filled with plaster dust. But Kalu’s art is not reducible to anything we might call a technique, and comparisons with other artists are not much help.
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Nnena Kalu becomes first artist with a learning disability to win Turner prize
Chair of 2025 judging panel says win ‘begins to erase that border between the neurotypical and neurodiverse artist’
Nnena Kalu has won the 2025 Turner prize for her colourful drawings and sculptures made from found fabric and VHS tape, becoming the first artist with a learning disability to take home the £25,000 prize.
Alex Farquharson, chair of the jury and director of Tate Britain, said the win by the British-Nigerian represented a watershed moment for the international art world.
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Nnena Kalu wins the Turner Prize 2025 in ‘seismic’ moment for award
The Glasgow-born, learning-disabled artist joins a prestigious list of recipients including Damien Hirst, Steve McQueen and Grayson Perry

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Strictly’s Julian Caillon admits he almost gave up on auditioning for the show
Strictly Come Dancing newcomer Julian Caillon has revealed he almost gave up on auditioning from the show.
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Claudia Winkleman makes vow to Johannes Radebe ahead of Strictly exit
Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkleman said she would love to dance with Johannes Radebe one day after she leaves the show following the 2025 series.

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Gavin and Stacey fans could get their hands on beloved prop for £200,000
An iconic coach used in Gavin and Stacey has been put up for auction for £200,000.

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‘I ain’t no Hallow app girl’: Gwen Stefani receives blowback for promoting ‘anti-abortion’ Catholic app
No Doubt star has previously partnered with Hallow, a prayer and meditation app, for Lent and Christmas

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Tess Daly fights back tears as emotional Bruce Forsyth tribute marks end to Strictly journey
Strictly Come Dancing host Tess Daly fought back tears as an emotional montage showing her best moments with Sir Bruce Forsyth played on It Takes Two on Tuesday (9 December).

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Vous trouverez bien une place sous le sapin pour ce Lego Zelda en promotion

[Deal du jour] Sorti il y a plus d’un an, le set Lego The Legend of Zelda fait partie de ces modèles qui ne restent jamais longtemps en stock quand ils passent en promo. L’Arbre Mojo est en ce moment proposé à un excellent prix juste avant Noël.
Tearful Katya Jones blames herself for Lewis Cope’s Strictly elimination
A tearful Katya Jones has spoken of her upset at partner Lewis Cope’s shock Strictly Come Dancing elimination.

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Whoopi Goldberg wipes sweat off The View guest Leslie Jones in candid discussion of menopause
Joy Behar told the comedian she should ‘be past menopause by now’

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Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni trial delayed until May 2026
Co-stars were originally expected to face off in court in March 2026

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Vous trouverez bien une place sous le sapin pour ce Lego Zelda en promotion

[Deal du jour] Sorti il y a plus d’un an, le set Lego The Legend of Zelda fait partie de ces modèles qui ne restent jamais longtemps en stock quand ils passent en promo. L’Arbre Mojo est en ce moment proposé à un excellent prix juste avant Noël.
The art of going ‘Instagram official’: how 10 celebrity couples shared their love with the world
Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau are the latest A-listers to announce their relationship status online. But there are many ways to do it - from fancy dress to panicked deletions
As a mark of pure intent, going Instagram official has become a firmly entrenched dating marker. To post a picture of you and your new partner on Instagram – on the grid, mind you, not hiding behind the cowardice of a story – is to not only declare that you are in love, but also that you are confident enough in your future to share it with the world.
As such, Katy Perry’s decision to go Instagram official with Justin Trudeau is a classic of the genre. Long dogged by rumours that they might be together, Perry this week debuted a sanctioned image of them both. They are cheek to cheek. They are smiling, albeit in that slightly strained hurry-up-and-take-it way you do when someone decides to shoot a whole reel of photos. Katy Perry is pulling the exact same face she did when she stared into the camera that time she sort of went into space, which is how you know that it is really serious. Good luck to the pair of them.
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Raul Malo, frontman of band the Mavericks, dies aged 60
The musician, who led the Grammy-winning band, had been receiving treatment for colon cancer
Raul Malo, the soulful tenor and frontman of the genre-defying, Grammy-winning band the Mavericks, has died. He was 60.
Malo died on Monday night, his wife, Betty Malo, posted on his Facebook page. He had been diagnosed with cancer. The frontman of the Mavericks had documented his health journey on social media since he disclosed in June 2024 that he was receiving treatment for colon cancer.
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Jenna Bush Hager’s Today co-anchor announced 11 months after Hoda Kotb’s departure
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Pamela Anderson confirms ‘short’ relationship with Liam Neeson

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Jon Stewart on Fifa’s peace prize: ‘An entirely fictitious golden butt plug’
Late-night hosts discussed Fifa’s award to Donald Trump as his administration escalates tensions with Venezuela
Late-night hosts mocked Donald Trump for gleefully accepting the inaugural Fifa peace prize ahead of the World Cup in the US.
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Ils savent jouer aux échecs mais échouent à attraper à une tomate : la grande faiblesse des robots

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Grammy award winner dies after cancelling scheduled tour dates

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