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classical music A neo-Baroque fugue based on Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" Rusty Blazenhoff

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art Third Spanish art restoration goes wonderfully awry Rob Beschizza

music Did BBC Radio 6 Music host Mary Ann Hobbs uncover a new clue in David Bowie's Black Star? Gareth Branwyn

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