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Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
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    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'
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    Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
  3. Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
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    Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
  4. Juliette Binoche on why she hasn't embraced Hollywood
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    Juliette Binoche on why she hasn't embraced Hollywood
  5. Robert Lepage on portraying himself in 887
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    Robert Lepage on portraying himself in 887
  6. George the Poet reads See You on the Other Side
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    George the Poet reads See You on the Other Side
  7. Liz Lochhead: Credo for working in Scottish theatre
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    Liz Lochhead: Credo for working in Scottish theatre
  8. Trail: BBC at the Edinburgh Festivals 2015
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    Trail: BBC at the Edinburgh Festivals 2015
  9. Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
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    Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
  10. Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber
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    Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber
  11. Jazz Line-Up: The Darius Brubeck Quartet perform Take Five
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    Jazz Line-Up: The Darius Brubeck Quartet perform Take Five
  12. The Magic Flute rebooted by Komische Oper Berlin, Barrie Kosky and British theatre group 1927
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    The Magic Flute rebooted by Komische Oper Berlin, Barrie Kosky and British theatre group 1927
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