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Matthew McConaughey discusses why he wanted to transform his acting career, he has just won a Golden Globe and been nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Texas hellraiser, Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club. Thomas Keneally takes us back to World War II Australia in his new novel, Shame and the Captives and Gemma Cairney travels to Bamako in Mali to get a sense of the music scene two years after secular music was banned there. The Coen Brothers tell us about their new film, Inside Llewyn Davis which follows a week in the life of a struggling folk musician in 1960s New York, we hear about a group of young Syrian musicans who have been gaining huge popularity by giving impromptu performances on the busy streets of Damascus and Korean-American author, Chang Rae Lee tells us about his highly praised novel On Such a Full Sea.

Photo shows Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club