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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. Juliette Binoche on why she hasn't embraced Hollywood
    01:43
    Juliette Binoche on why she hasn't embraced Hollywood
  3. Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber
    02:28
    Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber
  4. Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
    09:27
    Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
  5. Dean Owens sings Delia's Gone
    02:48
    Dean Owens sings Delia's Gone
  6. Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
    03:37
    Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
  7. Simon McBurney
    53:48
    Simon McBurney
  8. The Harmonium Project
    05:04
    The Harmonium Project
  9. Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou at Edinburgh International Book Festival
    55:20
    Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  10. Jesse Jackson: 'Can you imagine a state in Germany having the right to fly a Nazi flag?'
    03:11
    Jesse Jackson: 'Can you imagine a state in Germany having the right to fly a Nazi flag?'
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