Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer

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The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Presented by Anna McNamee. Tomb Raiders Helen Lewis, deputy editor of The News Statesman, discusses the return of computer games icon, Lara Croft. Yinka Shonibare FABRICATION is the most extensive exhibition of the British Nigerian artist's work to date. It features over 30 vibrant works and includes the premiere of Shonibare's Wind Sculptures, six metre high sculptures which look like giant pieces of batik fluttering in the wind. Tash Aw The author joins us to talk about his new novel, Five Star Billionaire, which charts the lives of migrant Malaysian workers whose lives begin to overlap in Shanghai. Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer The two American songwriters talk to us about their arrangement of a selection of epic old Celtic folk songs for their current release Child Ballads. They also perform one of them. Amish Tripathi Amish Tripathi, India's newest publishing phenomenon, tells us about how his just completed trilogy about Lord Shiva led to the largest book advance ever paid by an Indian publisher. Hear My Country: Israel Tel Aviv-born writer and jazz saxophonist Gilad Atzmon selects his choice of music which, for him, sum up the country of his birth Israel. Emperor A new Hollywood war film out this week starring Tommy Lee Jones as General Douglas MacArthur is no macho tale of allied heroics but a thoughtful look at the days after Japan's surrender at the end of World War II. CD round-up DJ Rita Ray, just back from the Sauti za Busara festival in Zanzibar has a selection of amazing new releases for your aural delight.