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Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
The author explains why he set his new novel in California.
  1. Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
    01:19
    Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
  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. Tim Burgess: What happened when I asked Lou Reed for an autograph
    02:49
    Tim Burgess: What happened when I asked Lou Reed for an autograph
  10. EIF Conversations: Marin Alsop
    47:43
    EIF Conversations: Marin Alsop
  11. Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
    01:47
    Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
  12. Rock 'n' Roll at the Edinburgh Fringe
    00:55
    Rock 'n' Roll at the Edinburgh Fringe
  13. What to do (and not do) at the Edinburgh Fringe
    02:04
    What to do (and not do) at the Edinburgh Fringe
  14. Edinburgh Nights: Richard Wilson and Angus Deayton
    08:57
    Edinburgh Nights: Richard Wilson and Angus Deayton
  15. "I nearly feigned a heart attack"
    01:31
    "I nearly feigned a heart attack"
  16. Cariad Lloyd's Fringe picks
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    Cariad Lloyd's Fringe picks
  17. Jonathan Safran Foer on writing his first book in ten years
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