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Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman
At the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the MP describes a run-in with a wolfhound.
  1. Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman
    03:24
    Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman
  2. Liz Lochhead: How To Be a Romantic Poet
    03:37
    Liz Lochhead: How To Be a Romantic Poet
  3. Robert Lepage on portraying himself in 887
    00:56
    Robert Lepage on portraying himself in 887
  4. Jazz Line-Up: Corrina Hewat and Dave Milligan
    10:50
    Jazz Line-Up: Corrina Hewat and Dave Milligan
  5. Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
    03:14
    Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
  6. Jesse Jackson: 'Can you imagine a state in Germany having the right to fly a Nazi flag?'
    03:11
    Jesse Jackson: 'Can you imagine a state in Germany having the right to fly a Nazi flag?'
  7. Juliette Binoche
    58:39
    Juliette Binoche
  8. Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
    02:23
    Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
  9. Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
    02:45
    Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
  10. Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
    02:19
    Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
  11. Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Massed Pipes and Drums
    06:06
    Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Massed Pipes and Drums
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