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'Do you believe in fairies?'
Marina Warner shares a story about Melvyn Bragg asking her if she believed in fairies.
  1. 'Do you believe in fairies?'
    02:51
    'Do you believe in fairies?'
  2. Squashing Words
    05:58
    Squashing Words
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  3. Books I’ve Written
    02:35
    Books I’ve Written
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  4. Making a Leopard Monster
    04:35
    Making a Leopard Monster
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  5. Superpowers
    08:09
    Superpowers
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  6. Steve’s Monsters
    02:19
    Steve’s Monsters
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  7. Making a Monster
    08:35
    Making a Monster
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  8. Alien Stink Song
    05:04
    Alien Stink Song
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  9. From War of the Worlds to Citizen Kane
    01:45
    From War of the Worlds to Citizen Kane
  10. B Dolan
    03:57
    B Dolan
  11. Glasgow Girls: It's No a Wean's Choice
    04:26
    Glasgow Girls: It's No a Wean's Choice
  12. We hope you're sitting down
    00:43
    We hope you're sitting down
  13. "A triumph and a reason to carry on"
    00:25
    "A triumph and a reason to carry on"
  14. Arthur Smith's Fringe picks
    01:32
    Arthur Smith's Fringe picks
  15. Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
    01:19
    Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
  16. Marin Alsop on her speech at the Last Night of the Proms
    03:10
    Marin Alsop on her speech at the Last Night of the Proms
  17. Poets: Leyla Josephine
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    Poets: Leyla Josephine
  18. Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
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    Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
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