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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. Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
    02:05
    Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
  3. Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes
    05:28
    Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes
  4. 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'
  5. Poetry Slam Grand Final: Scott Tyrrell
    03:08
    Poetry Slam Grand Final: Scott Tyrrell
  6. Robert Lepage on portraying himself in 887
    00:56
    Robert Lepage on portraying himself in 887
  7. The Showstoppers perform a ten minute musical
    10:08
    The Showstoppers perform a ten minute musical
  8. Sylvie Guillem on life after dance
    01:35
    Sylvie Guillem on life after dance
  9. Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
    48:01
    Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  10. Fred MacAulay's five festival picks
    01:31
    Fred MacAulay's five festival picks
  11. Funmbi Omotayo, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
    01:38
    Funmbi Omotayo, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  12. Basketball Man on Anneka Rice's Edinburgh
    00:56
    Basketball Man on Anneka Rice's Edinburgh
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