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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. George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
    02:06
    George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
  4. Simon McBurney on the joy of performing
    01:12
    Simon McBurney on the joy of performing
  5. Jazz Line-Up: Darius Brubeck Quartet
    11:25
    Jazz Line-Up: Darius Brubeck Quartet
  6. Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman
    03:24
    Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman
  7. Front Row at the Edinburgh Festival
    27:30
    Front Row at the Edinburgh Festival
  8. Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
    02:05
    Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
  9. Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes
    05:28
    Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes
  10. Sylvie Guillem
    56:16
    Sylvie Guillem
  11. Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
    09:27
    Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
  12. Juliette Binoche
    58:39
    Juliette Binoche
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