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Adele Hampton: Speak your own melanin into a mirror
The poet explores her mixed-race roots at the BBC Poetry Slam at the Edinburgh Festivals.
  1. Adele Hampton: Speak your own melanin into a mirror
    02:33
    Adele Hampton: Speak your own melanin into a mirror
  2. Reading
    04:11
    Reading
  3. Childhood
    05:49
    Childhood
  4. Writing Books for her Daughter
    04:53
    Writing Books for her Daughter
  5. Scarlet Umbrella
    04:17
    Scarlet Umbrella
  6. The Characters
    04:10
    The Characters
  7. Playing Instruments
    03:50
    Playing Instruments
  8. Q&A
    03:47
    Q&A
  9. "Everyone has a lot of lanyards on"
    00:39
    "Everyone has a lot of lanyards on"
  10. Scott Tyrrell: Bad Dad!
    03:10
    Scott Tyrrell: Bad Dad!
  11. "Spirit of the Fringe"
    00:48
    "Spirit of the Fringe"
  12. Alan Cumming on flying to America - for the first time - with Ruby Wax
    02:34
    Alan Cumming on flying to America - for the first time - with Ruby Wax
  13. "A triumph and a reason to carry on"
    00:25
    "A triumph and a reason to carry on"
  14. "I nearly feigned a heart attack"
    01:31
    "I nearly feigned a heart attack"
  15. Sage Francis
    03:52
    Sage Francis
  16. Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
    01:47
    Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
  17. Jonathan Safran Foer on writing his first book in ten years
    05:05
    Jonathan Safran Foer on writing his first book in ten years
  18. Marin Alsop on leading the BBC Proms virtual orchestra
    01:42
    Marin Alsop on leading the BBC Proms virtual orchestra
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