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Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
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. Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
    02:05
    Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
    View More From Radio 2 Book Club with Simon Mayo
  3. Alexander McCall Smith reads from The Revolving Door of Life
    03:11
    Alexander McCall Smith reads from The Revolving Door of Life
    View More From Radio 2 Book Club with Simon Mayo
  4. Kirsty Logan finds inspiration in the North East coast of Scotland
    04:22
    Kirsty Logan finds inspiration in the North East coast of Scotland
    View More From Radio 2 Book Club with Simon Mayo
  5. Jazz Line-Up: Closing set from the Darius Brubeck Quartet
    15:40
    Jazz Line-Up: Closing set from the Darius Brubeck Quartet
  6. Sylvie Guillem
    56:16
    Sylvie Guillem
  7. Basketball Man on Anneka Rice's Edinburgh
    00:56
    Basketball Man on Anneka Rice's Edinburgh
  8. Jazz Line-Up: The Darius Brubeck Quartet perform Take Five
    05:33
    Jazz Line-Up: The Darius Brubeck Quartet perform Take Five
  9. Bernat Klein and Kwang Young Chun at Dovecot Gallery
    02:25
    Bernat Klein and Kwang Young Chun at Dovecot Gallery

    Dovecot Studios

  10. Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone
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    Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone
  11. Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
    09:27
    Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
  12. Robert Lepage on his Ka show for Cirque du Soleil
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    Robert Lepage on his Ka show for Cirque du Soleil
  13. Liz Lochhead: How To Be a Romantic Poet
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    Liz Lochhead: How To Be a Romantic Poet
  14. Beth Vyse, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
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