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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. Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Top Secret Drum Corps
    07:18
    Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Top Secret Drum Corps
  3. Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: A Bollywood Love Story
    03:04
    Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: A Bollywood Love Story
  4. Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Massed Pipes and Drums
    06:06
    Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Massed Pipes and Drums
  5. Foil, Arms and Hog
    02:30
    Foil, Arms and Hog
  6. Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
    02:05
    Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
  7. Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
    03:14
    Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
  8. Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
    09:27
    Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
  9. George the Poet at Edinburgh International Book Festival
    48:19
    George the Poet at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  10. Mark Steel talks politics and comedy
    09:19
    Mark Steel talks politics and comedy
  11. Simon McBurney on the joy of performing
    01:12
    Simon McBurney on the joy of performing
  12. Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
    02:05
    Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
  13. Front Row at the Edinburgh Festival
    27:30
    Front Row at the Edinburgh Festival
  14. Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
    07:45
    Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
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