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Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
Simon McBurney reveals the inspiration behind his emotional Edinburgh show, The Encounter.
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    Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
  2. Jesse Jackson: 'Can you imagine a state in Germany having the right to fly a Nazi flag?'
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    Jesse Jackson: 'Can you imagine a state in Germany having the right to fly a Nazi flag?'
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  3. Jesse Jackson on the Black Lives Matter movement
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  4. Poetry Slam Grand Final: Scott Tyrrell
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  5. Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
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    Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
  6. Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
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  7. Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Top Secret Drum Corps
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  8. Stuart Evers and Dorthe Nors at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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    Stuart Evers and Dorthe Nors at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  9. Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
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    Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
  10. Trail: BBC at the Edinburgh Festivals 2015
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    Trail: BBC at the Edinburgh Festivals 2015
  11. Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
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    Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
  12. Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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    Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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