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Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
From The Female Gaze event in association with the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
  1. Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
    02:05
    Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
  2. Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
    04:00
    Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
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  3. Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman
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  4. Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Top Secret Drum Corps
    07:18
    Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Top Secret Drum Corps
  5. Jazz Line-Up: Closing set from the Darius Brubeck Quartet
    15:40
    Jazz Line-Up: Closing set from the Darius Brubeck Quartet
  6. Robert Lepage on his Ka show for Cirque du Soleil
    01:45
    Robert Lepage on his Ka show for Cirque du Soleil
  7. Dean Owens sings Delia's Gone
    02:48
    Dean Owens sings Delia's Gone
  8. Jazz Line-Up: The Darius Brubeck Quartet perform Take Five
    05:33
    Jazz Line-Up: The Darius Brubeck Quartet perform Take Five
  9. Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
    02:54
    Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
  10. Ali McGregor sings You Shook Me All Night Long
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    Ali McGregor sings You Shook Me All Night Long
  11. Harriet Kemsley, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
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    Harriet Kemsley, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  12. Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone
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    Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone
  13. Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
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