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  1. Tribute to Nigel Finch

    Tribute to Nigel Finch

    Tribute to Arena Series Editor Nigel Finch who died 20 years ago - features interviews and clips about his influential work for Arena.

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  2. 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

    9 November 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Arena looks back at two films which give some insight into life after the Soviet Untion - 'Looking For the Iron Curtain' and 'Stalin: Red God'

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  3. A Tribute to Jack Bruce

    A tribute to Jack Bruce - founding member of the band 'Cream' has died aged 71. Clip from 1968 performance and article by Anthony Wall from the Morning Star

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  4. ARCHIVE: Past, Present, Future by Anthony Wall

    Archive essay - Past, Present, Future

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  5. Free U2 album given to iTunes users

    Arena Gazette 17th September 2014 - U2 album given free to all iTunes accounts to coincide with their latest product

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  6. Amy Winehouse statue unveiled

    Arena news 16th September 2014 - Amy Winehouse statue unveiled

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  7. ARENA NEWS: Scottish Referendum and Nationalism

    Arena News - Scottish referendum and nationalism - 10th September 2014

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  8. ARENA NEWS WEEK: Tribute to John Peel, Carmen Dell'Orefice opens Gallery and 'Under Milk Wood'

    Arena Gazette 1-5 September 2014 - Tribute to John Peel, Carmen Dell'Orefice opens exhibition and sound recording for Dylan Thomas' 'Under Milk Wood'

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  9. ARENA NEWS WEEK: Tribute to Richard Attenborough, Match Of The Day at 50 and Why Lawyers?

    Arena Gazette - Tribute to Richard Attenborough, Happy Birthday Match of the Day and are lawyers the most hated profession?

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  10. ARENA NEWS WEEK: 100 Years of The Panama Canal, Big Ben cleaned and Jazz Legends In New York

    Arena news week - 100 years since the opening of the Panama Canal, Big Ben's clock face given a clean and Woodlawn cemetery, home of jazz legends, is open to the public

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  11. ARENA NEWS WEEK: Frank Maloney, George Orwell Museum and Giant Panda Tian Tian

    Arena Gazette - Frank Maloney reveals gender reassignment, George Orwell's Indian birthplace turned into Museum and Edinburgh zoo's giant panda Tian Tian suspected pregnant

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  12. ARENA NEWS WEEK: Assisted dying bill, conflict in Gaza and Dylan Thomas's love letters

    Arena Gazette 14th - 18th July: Assisted dying bill debated in the House of Commons, conflict in Gaza escalates and Dylan Thomas's early love letters sold at auction

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  13. ARENA NEWS WEEK - BRAZIL SPECIAL

    Arena gazette: Brazil Special - Following Brazil's 7-1 defeat in the World Cup semi final, Arena gives a special peice on Brazilian football and music including a specially cut sequence of the 1970 World Cup Final with the music of Jorge Ben

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  14. WORLD CUP SPECIAL - Jorge Ben, PelΓ© and Caetano Veloso

    Arena gazette - World Cup Special - Jorge Ben's 'Fio Maravilha', Hugh McIlvanney on Pele and Caetano Veloso

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  15. ARENA NEWS WEEK: Christopher Lee's 'My Way', Anniversary of Tiananmen Square and death of Lady Mary Soames

    Arena news week 2nd-6th June: Christopher Lee records heavy metal version of 'My Way', 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Square and death of Lady Mary Soames

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  16. ARENA NEWS WEEK: Stones manager dies, Sophia Loren at Cannes and Celia Cruz on fleeing Cuba

    Arena Gazette: Death of Rolling Stones manager Loewenstein, Sophia Loren at the Cannes Film Festival and Cuban embargo restirctions lifted

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  17. ARENA NEWS WEEK: Eurovision Song Contest, Tony Hancock and Metallica at Glastonbury

    Arena News Week 12th -16th MayΒ 2014Β - Austria wins Eurovision song contest, Tony Hancock awarded blue plaque and Metallica to headline this year's Glastonbury

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  18. ARENA NEWS WEEK: Bob Dylan lyrics, Death Row and Manchester United

    Arena news week 28th April - 2nd May - Bob Dylan song lyrics go on sale, US inmate dies after botched lethal injection and Manchester United manager David Moyes is sacked

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  19. ARENA NEWS WEEK: Revolt!

    Arena news week 14th - 18th April 2014 looks at the 30th anniversary of the Miners' Strike, the first Irish State visit to the UK and the start of India's biggest ever election.

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  20. ARENA NEWS WEEK: Dawlish, Anna Gordy Gaye and 'Backwater Blues'

    The news this week from an Arena perspective. Severe flooding destroys the train track in Dawlish with rushes from Whatever Happened To Spitting Image, Anna Gordy Gaye, former wife of Marvin Gaye passes away, and The Everly Brothers hear 'Backwater Blues' sung by retired coalminer Mose Rager.

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