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Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
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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. Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
    02:45
    Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
  3. Juliette Binoche
    58:39
    Juliette Binoche
  4. Sylvie Guillem on life after dance
    01:35
    Sylvie Guillem on life after dance
  5. Tom Binns performs in the comedy round-up
    09:11
    Tom Binns performs in the comedy round-up
  6. Simon McBurney: Welcome to the jungle
    08:33
    Simon McBurney: Welcome to the jungle
  7. Bernat Klein and Kwang Young Chun at Dovecot Gallery
    02:25
    Bernat Klein and Kwang Young Chun at Dovecot Gallery
  8. Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Massed Pipes and Drums
    06:06
    Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Massed Pipes and Drums
  9. Luke Wright performs Have a Gong
    01:58
    Luke Wright performs Have a Gong
  10. Phill Jupitus, Alan Cox and Marcus Brigstocke
    20:24
    Phill Jupitus, Alan Cox and Marcus Brigstocke
  11. Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber
    02:28
    Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber
  12. Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
    06:24
    Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
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