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Fred MacAulay's five festival picks
The festival pro and broadcaster gives us his Edinburgh favourites
  1. Fred MacAulay's five festival picks
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    Fred MacAulay's five festival picks
  2. Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
    02:19
    Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
  3. Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
    06:24
    Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
  4. Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
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    Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
  5. Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
    02:54
    Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
  6. Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
    03:37
    Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
  7. Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
    02:45
    Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
  8. Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
    02:05
    Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
  9. Sylvie Guillem
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    Sylvie Guillem
  10. Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes
    05:28
    Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes
  11. George the Poet reads His Mistakes
    03:48
    George the Poet reads His Mistakes
  12. Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman
    03:24
    Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman
  13. Jesse Jackson: 'Can you imagine a state in Germany having the right to fly a Nazi flag?'
    03:11
    Jesse Jackson: 'Can you imagine a state in Germany having the right to fly a Nazi flag?'
  14. Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
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    Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
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