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Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
The Scottish Makar reads one of her poems at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
  1. Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
    01:46
    Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
  2. Reading
    04:11
    Reading
  3. Childhood
    05:49
    Childhood
  4. Writing Books for her Daughter
    04:53
    Writing Books for her Daughter
  5. Scarlet Umbrella
    04:17
    Scarlet Umbrella
  6. The Characters
    04:10
    The Characters
  7. Playing Instruments
    03:50
    Playing Instruments
  8. Q&A
    03:47
    Q&A
  9. "Thespians who have children"
    00:40
    "Thespians who have children"
  10. Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
    03:16
    Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
  11. Keeping it together onstage
    00:46
    Keeping it together onstage
  12. Pushing onto trains
    00:38
    Pushing onto trains
  13. A disastrous opening night
    04:16
    A disastrous opening night
  14. Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
    01:19
    Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
  15. Edinburgh Nights: Richard Wilson and Angus Deayton
    08:57
    Edinburgh Nights: Richard Wilson and Angus Deayton
  16. We hope you're sitting down
    00:43
    We hope you're sitting down
  17. What would David Brent make of the Fringe?
    00:32
    What would David Brent make of the Fringe?
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