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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. Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
    04:00
    Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
  3. Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman
    03:24
    Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman
  4. Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
    02:19
    Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
  5. Mark Steel talks politics and comedy
    09:19
    Mark Steel talks politics and comedy
  6. Simon McBurney on the joy of performing
    01:12
    Simon McBurney on the joy of performing
  7. Foil, Arms and Hog
    02:30
    Foil, Arms and Hog
  8. Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
    06:24
    Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
  9. Sylvie Guillem on life after dance
    01:35
    Sylvie Guillem on life after dance
  10. Jazz Line-Up: Closing set from the Darius Brubeck Quartet
    15:40
    Jazz Line-Up: Closing set from the Darius Brubeck Quartet
  11. George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
    02:06
    George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
  12. 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'
  13. George the Poet at Edinburgh International Book Festival
    48:19
    George the Poet at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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