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Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
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The MP compares the Labour leader candidates at Edinburgh International Book Festival.
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    Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
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  2. Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman
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  3. Luke Wright performs Have a Gong
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    Luke Wright performs Have a Gong
  4. Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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    Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  5. Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
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    Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
  6. Claire Fuller and Nick Holdstock at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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    Claire Fuller and Nick Holdstock at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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    Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
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    Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle
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    Jazz Line-Up: Alison Affleck sings Billie Holiday
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    Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
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