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Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
The author talks about the ways stories are passed from generation to generation.
  1. Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
    03:15
    Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
  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. 'Just watch the hands': The genius of Boulez's conducting
    02:13
    'Just watch the hands': The genius of Boulez's conducting
  10. A disastrous opening night
    04:16
    A disastrous opening night
  11. Arthur Smith's Fringe picks
    01:32
    Arthur Smith's Fringe picks
  12. Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
    01:19
    Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
  13. Trying Weight Watchers
    00:59
    Trying Weight Watchers
  14. What would David Brent make of the Fringe?
    00:32
    What would David Brent make of the Fringe?
  15. Marin Alsop on leading the BBC Proms virtual orchestra
    01:42
    Marin Alsop on leading the BBC Proms virtual orchestra
  16. Irvine Welsh on Trainspotting 2
    01:39
    Irvine Welsh on Trainspotting 2
  17. What to do (and not do) at the Edinburgh Fringe
    02:04
    What to do (and not do) at the Edinburgh Fringe
  18. Sage Francis - Hopeless
    02:59
    Sage Francis - Hopeless
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