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Alan Cumming on flying to America - for the first time - with Ruby Wax
The actor describes an ill-fated plane journey, at Edinburgh International Book Festival.
  1. Alan Cumming on flying to America - for the first time - with Ruby Wax
    02:34
    Alan Cumming on flying to America - for the first time - with Ruby Wax
  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. "Spirit of the Fringe"
    00:48
    "Spirit of the Fringe"
  11. James Kelman: Too Scottish?
    03:04
    James Kelman: Too Scottish?
  12. Watching Taken with your mum
    00:31
    Watching Taken with your mum
  13. Jessica Fostekew's Fringe picks
    02:02
    Jessica Fostekew's Fringe picks
  14. Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
    01:46
    Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
  15. Erica Jong on sex and ageing
    04:08
    Erica Jong on sex and ageing
  16. Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
    03:16
    Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
  17. "Everyone has a lot of lanyards on"
    00:39
    "Everyone has a lot of lanyards on"
  18. "I nearly feigned a heart attack"
    01:31
    "I nearly feigned a heart attack"
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