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Simon McBurney on the joy of performing
The acclaimed director and writer talks about his role as an on-screen actor.
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    Simon McBurney on the joy of performing
  2. Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Top Secret Drum Corps
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  5. Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
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  6. George the Poet reads See You on the Other Side
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  7. Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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    Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou 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. Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
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  11. Jesse Jackson on the Black Lives Matter movement
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