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Carol Ann Duffy at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

2009

Carol Ann Duffy speaking and reading at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. She is introduced by Richard Holloway, and accompanied by John Samson

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Carol Ann Duffy at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

2009

Carol Ann Duffy, John Samson and Ella Benson storytelling on stage with various wind instruments (follows from GML0000625130)

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Carol Ann Duffy at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

2009

Carol Ann Duffy, John Samson and Ella Benson storytelling on stage with various wind instruments (precedes GML0000625129)

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Carol Ann Duffy at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

2009

Carol Ann Duffy speaking and reading at the Edinburgh International Book Festival (follows from GML0000663445). Duffy signing her books. Interview with Carol Ann Duffy talking about performing at the ...

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Carol Ann Duffy at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

2009

Carol Ann Duffy speaking and reading at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. She is introduced by Richard Holloway, and accompanied by John Samson (precedes GML0000663438)

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Carol Ann Duffy at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

2009

Carol Ann Duffy, John Samson and Ella Benson storytelling on stage with various wind instruments. Carol Ann Duffy signing her childrens' books at the Scottish Storytelling Centre; exterior shots of th...

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Shots of books scattered around a windowseat in a dark room, daytime.

23/07/2004

Authors include Baudelaire, Sartre, Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. Books and magazines on armchairs and tables in a large smoky study; books and papers piled high at a desk and on other surfaces. Shots ...

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Exterior shots of the House of Lords, as Ruth Rendell walks in

2004

Exterior shots of Hatchard's Booksellers, Picadilly, London, with a poster advertising Ruth Rendell's book signing for 13 Steps Down. Various shots of the book signing event inside. Shots of the House...

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Ruth Rendell in Kent Passage, Regent's Park.

06/08/2004

Talking about the location and why she used it in her book The Keys to the Street. Several takes as Rendell walks the length of the passage. Ruth Rendell talking about the importance of location to he...

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Melvyn Bragg interviews Gore Vidal; other footage

15/05/2008

Discussing America and war, imperialism, music, AIDS, guilt. Vidal is less coherent than other videos. Gore Vidal reads aloud from his memoir Point to Point Navigation. Shots of photographs, art and b...

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