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Robert Lepage on portraying himself in 887
The actor and director discusses the vanity involved in telling your life story.
  1. Robert Lepage on portraying himself in 887
    00:56
    Robert Lepage on portraying himself in 887
  2. Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
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    Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
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    Michael Che, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  4. Kirsty Logan finds inspiration in the North East coast of Scotland
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    Kirsty Logan finds inspiration in the North East coast of Scotland
  5. Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
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    Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
  6. Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
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    Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
  7. Jazz Line-Up: Alison Affleck sings Billie Holiday
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    Jazz Line-Up: Alison Affleck sings Billie Holiday
  8. Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
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    Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
  9. George the Poet at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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    George the Poet at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  10. Ali McGregor sings Song 2
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    Ali McGregor sings Song 2
  11. George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
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    George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
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