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Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
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  1. Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
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    Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
  2. Simon McBurney on the joy of performing
    01:12
    Simon McBurney on the joy of performing
  3. Claire Fuller and Nick Holdstock at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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    Claire Fuller and Nick Holdstock at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  4. Simon McBurney: Welcome to the jungle
    08:33
    Simon McBurney: Welcome to the jungle
  5. Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
    03:37
    Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
  6. Luke Wright performs Have a Gong
    01:58
    Luke Wright performs Have a Gong
  7. George the Poet at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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    George the Poet at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  8. Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
    02:05
    Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
  9. Jesse Jackson on America's culture of violence
    00:45
    Jesse Jackson on America's culture of violence
  10. Kathryn Joseph sings The Worm
    03:03
    Kathryn Joseph sings The Worm
  11. Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
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    Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
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