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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
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    Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
  2. Liz Lochhead: Credo for working in Scottish theatre
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    Liz Lochhead: Credo for working in Scottish theatre
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  3. Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
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  4. Liz Lochhead: How To Be a Romantic Poet
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  5. Foil, Arms and Hog
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  6. Phill Jupitus, Alan Cox and Marcus Brigstocke
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    Phill Jupitus, Alan Cox and Marcus Brigstocke
  7. Jesse Jackson on America's culture of violence
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    Jesse Jackson on America's culture of violence
  8. Jesse Jackson on the Black Lives Matter movement
    02:48
    Jesse Jackson on the Black Lives Matter movement
  9. Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone
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    Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone
  10. Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
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    Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
  11. Jesse Jackson: 'Can you imagine a state in Germany having the right to fly a Nazi flag?'
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    Jesse Jackson: 'Can you imagine a state in Germany having the right to fly a Nazi flag?'
  12. George the Poet reads See You on the Other Side
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    George the Poet reads See You on the Other Side
  13. Sylvie Guillem: Life in Progress trailer
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    Sylvie Guillem: Life in Progress trailer
  14. Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
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