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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. Simple Minds, tower blocks, chainsaws and Faust
    02:57
    Simple Minds, tower blocks, chainsaws and Faust
  10. Tom Wrigglesworth's Fringe picks
    01:35
    Tom Wrigglesworth's Fringe picks
  11. Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
    03:16
    Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
  12. Jessica Fostekew's Fringe picks
    02:02
    Jessica Fostekew's Fringe picks
  13. Erica Jong on sex and ageing
    04:08
    Erica Jong on sex and ageing
  14. Alan Cumming on a meeting with Oprah
    01:19
    Alan Cumming on a meeting with Oprah
  15. Malaika Kegode: I tried to stop writing about you
    02:55
    Malaika Kegode: I tried to stop writing about you
  16. Irvine Welsh on Trainspotting 2
    01:39
    Irvine Welsh on Trainspotting 2
  17. Poets: Leyla Josephine
    03:01
    Poets: Leyla Josephine
  18. Tommy Sandhu gets hyped
    02:03
    Tommy Sandhu gets hyped
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