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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'
    03:27
    Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
  2. Poetry Slam Grand Final: Scott Tyrrell
    03:08
    Poetry Slam Grand Final: Scott Tyrrell
  3. Mexican Writing, An Insider's View with Gabriel Orozco at Edinburgh International Book Festival
    57:33
    Mexican Writing, An Insider's View with Gabriel Orozco at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  4. Jesse Jackson on the Black Lives Matter movement
    02:48
    Jesse Jackson on the Black Lives Matter movement
  5. Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
    02:23
    Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
  6. The Showstoppers perform a ten minute musical
    10:08
    The Showstoppers perform a ten minute musical
  7. Mark Steel talks politics and comedy
    09:19
    Mark Steel talks politics and comedy
  8. Israel Galván on Lo Real
    05:28
    Israel Galván on Lo Real
  9. Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
    02:54
    Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
  10. Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou at Edinburgh International Book Festival
    55:20
    Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  11. Robert Lepage on his Ka show for Cirque du Soleil
    01:45
    Robert Lepage on his Ka show for Cirque du Soleil
  12. Luke Wright performs Have a Gong
    01:58
    Luke Wright performs Have a Gong
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