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On The Arts Hour this week Oscar winning film director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarch talks about his new film Never Look Away which tells the life story of a fictional German painter, inspired by the German painter Gerhard Richter.

We hear from this year鈥檚 Caine Prize winner, Nigerian author Lesley Nneka Arimah, whose winning short story depicts a society where women are forced to be naked until they are 鈥渃laimed鈥� by a man in marriage.

Dancer Homer Hans Bryant tells us about his invention of Hiplet, a fusion of ballet and hip hop.

British actor Tuppence Middleton discusses her new film The Current War in which she plays Mary, the wife of Thomas Edison who is played by Benedict Cumberbatch.

We find out why jazz is big in Japan.

Dancers Vikas Arun and Rashmi Rajendran perform a tap routine on the radio! Vikas is trained in American tap dance whereas Rashmi has a background in the Indian Classical Dance tradition of Bharatanatyam.

Nikki Bedi is joined in the studio by the film critic Karen Krizanovich @Krizanovich and the musician and spoken word poet Joshua Idehen @benincitizen, who is part of the trio Benin City.

Photos shows Lesley Nneka Arimah with bust of Sir Michael Caine (c) John Cobb/The Caine Prize for African Writing