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Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle
Cabaret performer Lili la Scala brings it home with her version of The Oasis classic
  1. Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle
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    Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle
  2. Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
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    Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
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  3. Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
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    Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
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  4. Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
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    Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
  5. Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
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    Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
  6. Spencer Jones, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
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    Spencer Jones, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  7. Mexican Writing, An Insider's View with Gabriel Orozco at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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    Mexican Writing, An Insider's View with Gabriel Orozco at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  8. Alexander McCall Smith reads from The Revolving Door of Life
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    Alexander McCall Smith reads from The Revolving Door of Life
  9. Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Massed Pipes and Drums
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    Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Massed Pipes and Drums
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    Michael Che, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  11. Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
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    Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
  12. Juliette Binoche
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    Juliette Binoche
  13. Liz Lochhead: Credo for working in Scottish theatre
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