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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. Rock 'n' Roll at the Edinburgh Fringe
    00:55
    Rock 'n' Roll at the Edinburgh Fringe
  10. The school bus rap
    01:42
    The school bus rap
  11. Keeping it together onstage
    00:46
    Keeping it together onstage
  12. "Thespians who have children"
    00:40
    "Thespians who have children"
  13. We hope you're sitting down
    00:43
    We hope you're sitting down
  14. Tom Ballard on his first Fringe
    00:37
    Tom Ballard on his first Fringe
  15. A magic trick too far
    00:39
    A magic trick too far
  16. Asking are you in or out
    00:43
    Asking are you in or out
  17. Marin Alsop on her speech at the Last Night of the Proms
    03:10
    Marin Alsop on her speech at the Last Night of the Proms
  18. How it feels to get flyered for your own show
    01:07
    How it feels to get flyered for your own show
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