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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. Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
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    Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
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  4. Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber
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    Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber
  5. Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes
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    Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes
  6. The Harmonium Project
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    The Harmonium Project
  7. Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
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    Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
  8. Basketball Man on Anneka Rice's Edinburgh
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    Basketball Man on Anneka Rice's Edinburgh
  9. Ali McGregor sings You Shook Me All Night Long
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    Ali McGregor sings You Shook Me All Night Long
  10. 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
  11. 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
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