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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. Simon McBurney on visiting the Amazon
    03:13
    Simon McBurney on visiting the Amazon
  3. Simon McBurney on the joy of performing
    01:12
    Simon McBurney on the joy of performing
  4. Juliette Binoche on why she hasn't embraced Hollywood
    01:43
    Juliette Binoche on why she hasn't embraced Hollywood
  5. Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
    03:14
    Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
  6. Sylvie Guillem
    56:16
    Sylvie Guillem
  7. Robert Lepage on his Ka show for Cirque du Soleil
    01:45
    Robert Lepage on his Ka show for Cirque du Soleil
  8. Stuart Evers and Dorthe Nors at Edinburgh International Book Festival
    58:49
    Stuart Evers and Dorthe Nors at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  9. Claire Fuller and Nick Holdstock at Edinburgh International Book Festival
    58:34
    Claire Fuller and Nick Holdstock at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  10. Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
    02:19
    Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
  11. Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
    06:24
    Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
  12. Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes
    05:28
    Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes
  13. Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
    02:23
    Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
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