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Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
The author talks about the ways stories are passed from generation to generation.
  1. Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
    03:15
    Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
  2. B Dolan
    03:57
    B Dolan
  3. Sage Francis
    03:52
    Sage Francis
  4. Poets: Leyla Josephine
    03:01
    Poets: Leyla Josephine
  5. Jonathan Safran Foer on writing his first book in ten years
    05:05
    Jonathan Safran Foer on writing his first book in ten years
  6. Erica Jong on sex and ageing
    04:08
    Erica Jong on sex and ageing
  7. Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
    01:19
    Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
  8. Irvine Welsh on Trainspotting 2
    01:39
    Irvine Welsh on Trainspotting 2
  9. Alan Cumming on a meeting with Oprah
    01:19
    Alan Cumming on a meeting with Oprah
  10. 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
  11. Tommy Sandhu gets hyped
    02:03
    Tommy Sandhu gets hyped
  12. Trying Weight Watchers
    00:59
    Trying Weight Watchers
  13. Asking are you in or out
    00:43
    Asking are you in or out
  14. "Music can change your hair"
    01:07
    "Music can change your hair"
  15. The school bus rap
    01:42
    The school bus rap
  16. Pushing onto trains
    00:38
    Pushing onto trains
  17. Watching Taken with your mum
    00:31
    Watching Taken with your mum
  18. First ever fun run
    00:42
    First ever fun run
  19. Rappers: Ransom FA
    02:10
    Rappers: Ransom FA
  20. The keyboard with a mind of its own
    02:45
    The keyboard with a mind of its own
  21. "I couldn't have loved that family anymore"
    01:24
    "I couldn't have loved that family anymore"
  22. Simple Minds, tower blocks, chainsaws and Faust
    02:57
    Simple Minds, tower blocks, chainsaws and Faust
  23. Rock 'n' Roll at the Edinburgh Fringe
    00:55
    Rock 'n' Roll at the Edinburgh Fringe
  24. "Everyone has a lot of lanyards on"
    00:39
    "Everyone has a lot of lanyards on"
  25. The difference between Glasgow and Edinburgh festivals
    00:28
    The difference between Glasgow and Edinburgh festivals
  26. "Socks that agreed with him"
    00:15
    "Socks that agreed with him"
  27. "Thespians who have children"
    00:40
    "Thespians who have children"
  28. Marin Alsop on her speech at the Last Night of the Proms
    03:10
    Marin Alsop on her speech at the Last Night of the Proms
  29. EIF Conversations: Marin Alsop
    47:43
    EIF Conversations: Marin Alsop
  30. Marin Alsop: 'The need to pigeonhole music is limiting'
    02:40
    Marin Alsop: 'The need to pigeonhole music is limiting'
  31. Marin Alsop on leading the BBC Proms virtual orchestra
    01:42
    Marin Alsop on leading the BBC Proms virtual orchestra
  32. James Kelman: Too Scottish?
    03:04
    James Kelman: Too Scottish?
  33. Tim Burgess: What happened when I asked Lou Reed for an autograph
    02:49
    Tim Burgess: What happened when I asked Lou Reed for an autograph
  34. Edinburgh Dazzle ship: Timelapse
    02:56
    Edinburgh Dazzle ship: Timelapse
  35. Tim Burgess on a chance meeting with Steve Martin
    02:34
    Tim Burgess on a chance meeting with Steve Martin
  36. 'Do you believe in fairies?'
    02:51
    'Do you believe in fairies?'
  37. Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
    01:47
    Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
  38. Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
    01:46
    Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
  39. Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
    03:16
    Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
  40. Alexei Sayle on life and 'inventing' British comedy
    04:12
    Alexei Sayle on life and 'inventing' British comedy
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