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forward to the local elections tomorrow. it s the most prominent arts prize in britain and for years it s been the preserve of young british artists. but this year, for the first time since 1991, the turner prize has scrapped the age limit and two artists over 50 have made it to the shortlist. our arts correspondent, david sillito, has been speaking to one of them. you certainly didn t expect this? no, not at all. not at all. not at all! i mean, it does make me laugh. it s been a strange day for lubaina himid. she s painted for more than 35 years and today, at the age of 62, is on the turner prize shortlist. her paintings bring black lives and faces to often very white art galleries, and this is perhaps her signature work, 100 life size portraits made when. you were 50? i was. did you think that national recognition was probably past you by then? erm, probably. and now? well, i hadn t thought about the turner prize, in terms, i don t know, nominations or shortlisting fo ....
and browsing up that fierce british spirits, we won t take it, we will fight them on the beaches. there is a bit of that. and there is nothing like insulting people to rally your supporters, a wonderful picture of the election. and talk of other people getting involved in other people s elections. no russia, not yet. the cartoon in the daily telegraph. he is very gifted. prime minister, the brexit bill is 100 billion euros and the eu wants to know if you would like to add a tip. very good. let s go to the ft. this was the newspaper that yesterday had the story that the amount of money thatis the story that the amount of money that is going to have to go to europe would be 100 billion euros. that is before a lot of other arguments. they ve got a lot of stuff about the famous dinner?m has been very interesting since it leaked from the frankfurt newspaper about exactly what went on and who said what. it was absolutely like a dire situation. about hatred, and threats, and i ....