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Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
The poet tells Nicola Sturgeon about her family.
  1. Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
    01:47
    Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
  2. Squashing Words
    05:58
    Squashing Words
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  3. Books I’ve Written
    02:35
    Books I’ve Written
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  4. Making a Leopard Monster
    04:35
    Making a Leopard Monster
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  5. Superpowers
    08:09
    Superpowers
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  6. Steve’s Monsters
    02:19
    Steve’s Monsters
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  7. Making a Monster
    08:35
    Making a Monster
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  8. Alien Stink Song
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    Alien Stink Song
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  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. Irvine Welsh on Trainspotting 2
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    Irvine Welsh on Trainspotting 2
  12. Edinburgh Nights: Richard Wilson and Angus Deayton
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    Edinburgh Nights: Richard Wilson and Angus Deayton

    Edinburgh Nights 2016: Episode 1

  13. Tommy Sandhu gets hyped
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    Tommy Sandhu gets hyped
  14. Arthur Smith's Fringe picks
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    Arthur Smith's Fringe picks
  15. Tim Burgess on a chance meeting with Steve Martin
    02:34
    Tim Burgess on a chance meeting with Steve Martin
  16. Sage Francis - Hopeless
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    Sage Francis - Hopeless
  17. Where are the Edinburgh class of 96 now?
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    Where are the Edinburgh class of 96 now?
  18. Tom Ballard on his first Fringe
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    Tom Ballard on his first Fringe
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