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Artyom Yaroshevich is an opera singer from Ukraine who is still performing every week in the war-torn city of Donetsk. He says he believes the conflict has given his job new significance.

For nearly 30 years Mark Landis donated scores of artworks by famous artists to museums all over the US. He was feted as a philanthropist. But all of them were forged by Mark himself. Because he never took any money from the museums, he has not committed a crime under US law. We talk to Mark and the man who uncovered the forgeries, Matt Leininger.

Karim Miske has just written an award-winning debut novel in France. It tells the story of a young mixed-race man called Ahmed, who is investigating the murder of his upstairs neighbour. The book is called Arab Jazz.

The Best Actress award at this year's Oscars went to Julianne Moore for her role in the film Still Alice. She plays Alice Howland, a linguistics professor and mother of three grown-up children, who at the age of 50 is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, a condition that attacks memory.

David Amanor talks to Ibrat Safo from 大象传媒 Uzbek who has produced a series of interviews called History of One Song - ten episodes with ten different singers from Uzbekistan. Some have fallen out of favour or are banned. Ibrat introduces us to three singers, their music and the stories behind their songs.

Photo: Mark Landis (Left), Credit: Sam Cullman; Julianne Moore (Centre), Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images; Artyom Yaroshevich (Right), Credit: Petr David Josek/AP.