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American actor Viggo Mortenson explains why he arrived on set for his new film Captain Fantastic with a pick-up truck loaded with canoes, bicycles and a political library.

We head to Rio de Janeiro to speak to rapper Mulher Maçã aka Apple Woman. She tells us how a prize for having one of ‘The Best Bums in Brazil’ led to her taking on the male dominated Brazilian rap scene.

Folk musician Johnny Drille explains why his fellow Nigerians are responding so well to his fusion of country music and pidgin English. He also performs an a cappella version of his song Dear Future Wife.

Reflecting on a career spanning four decades, Bollywood megastar Anil Kapoor tells us why he is rebooting the American TV series 24 in India.

Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar’s new film Julieta takes on the mystery of motherhood. He explains why he set the film against the backdrop of democracy and sexual freedom of Spain in the 1980s.

Two weeks on from the recent coup attempt in Turkey, writer Elif Shafak reflects on her childhood in Istanbul and how the country’s problems still invade her dreams.

Actor John Malkovich makes his London directing debut with the American play The Good Canary, a play he’s already directed in French and Spanish but not yet in the language it was written in.

Director of Shanghai Opera House Xu Zhong is on a mission to bring Chinese opera to the world. He reveals his ambitious plans to build a new home for Opera in Shanghai.

And Nigerian-born jazz guitarist and self-styled ‘Prince Of Jollof’ Femi Temowo describes how he played a concert in a fan’s living room in order to fund the recording of his latest album.

Composite Photo: Viggo Mortensen credit Ian Gavan, Getty Images; Elif Shafak credit Miles Willis, Getty Images for Baileys; Anil Kapoor credit Carlos Alvarez Getty Images.