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Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
McDermid also tells would-be novelists to forget about writing the perfect first chapter.
  1. Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
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    Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
  2. Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
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    Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
  3. Jazz Line-Up: Darius Brubeck Quartet
    11:25
    Jazz Line-Up: Darius Brubeck Quartet
  4. Jazz Line-Up: Alison Affleck sings Billie Holiday
    11:10
    Jazz Line-Up: Alison Affleck sings Billie Holiday
  5. Katherine Ryan, Hosting BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
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    Katherine Ryan, Hosting BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  6. Robert Lepage
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    Robert Lepage
  7. Harriet Kemsley, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
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    Harriet Kemsley, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  8. Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
    02:54
    Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
  9. Basketball Man on Anneka Rice's Edinburgh
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    Basketball Man on Anneka Rice's Edinburgh
  10. George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
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    George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
  11. Bernat Klein and Kwang Young Chun at Dovecot Gallery
    02:25
    Bernat Klein and Kwang Young Chun at Dovecot Gallery
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