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Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
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From The Female Gaze event in association with the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
  1. Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
    02:05
    Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
  2. Kathryn Joseph sings The Bird
    03:49
    Kathryn Joseph sings The Bird
  3. Simon McBurney on the joy of performing
    01:12
    Simon McBurney on the joy of performing
  4. Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle
    02:56
    Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle
  5. Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
    02:19
    Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
  6. Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou at Edinburgh International Book Festival
    55:20
    Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  7. Phill Jupitus, Alan Cox and Marcus Brigstocke
    20:24
    Phill Jupitus, Alan Cox and Marcus Brigstocke
  8. Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
    02:23
    Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
  9. Spencer Jones, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
    00:47
    Spencer Jones, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  10. Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
    03:14
    Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
  11. Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
    02:54
    Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
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