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Simple Minds, tower blocks, chainsaws and Faust
Stewart Lee tells us a story about his favourite Edinburgh Fringe memory
  1. Simple Minds, tower blocks, chainsaws and Faust
    02:57
    Simple Minds, tower blocks, chainsaws and Faust
  2. Reading
    04:11
    Reading
  3. Childhood
    05:49
    Childhood
  4. Writing Books for her Daughter
    04:53
    Writing Books for her Daughter
  5. Scarlet Umbrella
    04:17
    Scarlet Umbrella
  6. The Characters
    04:10
    The Characters
  7. Playing Instruments
    03:50
    Playing Instruments
  8. Q&A
    03:47
    Q&A
  9. The Haka at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo
    00:15
    The Haka at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo
  10. 'Just watch the hands': The genius of Boulez's conducting
    02:13
    'Just watch the hands': The genius of Boulez's conducting
  11. Keeping it together onstage
    00:46
    Keeping it together onstage
  12. Andrew Hunter Murray's Fringe picks
    00:44
    Andrew Hunter Murray's Fringe picks
  13. Sage Francis - Hopeless
    02:59
    Sage Francis - Hopeless
  14. Marin Alsop: 'The need to pigeonhole music is limiting'
    02:40
    Marin Alsop: 'The need to pigeonhole music is limiting'
  15. Tim Burgess: What happened when I asked Lou Reed for an autograph
    02:49
    Tim Burgess: What happened when I asked Lou Reed for an autograph
  16. Adele Hampton: Speak your own melanin into a mirror
    02:33
    Adele Hampton: Speak your own melanin into a mirror
  17. "I nearly feigned a heart attack"
    01:31
    "I nearly feigned a heart attack"
  18. Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
    03:15
    Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
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