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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. Reading
    04:11
    Reading
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  3. Childhood
    05:49
    Childhood
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  4. Writing Books for her Daughter
    04:53
    Writing Books for her Daughter
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  5. Scarlet Umbrella
    04:17
    Scarlet Umbrella
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  6. The Characters
    04:10
    The Characters
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  7. Playing Instruments
    03:50
    Playing Instruments
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  8. Q&A
    03:47
    Q&A
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  9. What would David Brent make of the Fringe?
    00:32
    What would David Brent make of the Fringe?
  10. EIF Conversations: Pierre Boulez: A Celebration
    55:08
    EIF Conversations: Pierre Boulez: A Celebration
  11. Arthur Smith's Fringe picks
    01:32
    Arthur Smith's Fringe picks
  12. Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
    03:15
    Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
  13. Jonathan Safran Foer on writing his first book in ten years
    05:05
    Jonathan Safran Foer on writing his first book in ten years
  14. Erica Jong on sex and ageing
    04:08
    Erica Jong on sex and ageing
  15. What to do (and not do) at the Edinburgh Fringe
    02:04
    What to do (and not do) at the Edinburgh Fringe
  16. Marin Alsop: 'The need to pigeonhole music is limiting'
    02:40
    Marin Alsop: 'The need to pigeonhole music is limiting'
  17. The difference between Glasgow and Edinburgh festivals
    00:28
    The difference between Glasgow and Edinburgh festivals
  18. Ben Norris: Barafundle bundle
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    Ben Norris: Barafundle bundle
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