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The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Presented by Simon Pitts

German ' blackface' theatre row
A theatre in Berlin has come under fire for casting a white actor in black makeup in a black role. Alexa Dvorson reports.

Milos
He's being hailed as a possible new (much-needed) hero for the classical guitar, Montenegro-born Milos is causing quite a stir.

In Darkness
Two years after the Haitian earthquake, The Strand hears about In Darkness, a vivid new novel set in the devastating aftermath of the quake.

Margin Call
Critic Robbie Collin on the thriller about the 2008 financial meltdown that started on Wall Street but affected the whole world.

A new totem for Washington DC
Master carver David Boxley and his son have carved a new totem pole at the Smithsonian National Museum for the American Indian to mark a cultural resurgence for some of North America's native peoples. Jane O'Brien reports.

Gillian Slovo
The South African novelist talks about her latest book which is set in the 1880s and travels between Sudan, where General Gordon is besieged in Khartoum, and London, where Mary struggles to cope with living alone after her husband joins Gordon's rescue mission.

Zarina Bhimji
The Ugandan-born film-maker and installation artist Zarina Bhimji talks about her retrospective exhibition which traces the development of her work over the last 25 years, and the premier of her new film, Yellow Patch.

(Picture shows unfinished totem)

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