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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. Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
    02:19
    Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
  3. Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
    06:24
    Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
  4. Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
    00:01
    Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
  5. Juliette Binoche
    58:39
    Juliette Binoche
  6. Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber
    02:28
    Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber
  7. Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
    02:05
    Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
  8. Robert Lepage
    58:51
    Robert Lepage
  9. Jazz Line-Up: Closing set from the Darius Brubeck Quartet
    15:40
    Jazz Line-Up: Closing set from the Darius Brubeck Quartet
  10. Tom Binns performs in the comedy round-up
    09:11
    Tom Binns performs in the comedy round-up
  11. Fred MacAulay's five festival picks
    01:31
    Fred MacAulay's five festival picks
  12. Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone
    03:40
    Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone
  13. Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman
    03:24
    Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman
  14. Simon McBurney on visiting the Amazon
    03:13
    Simon McBurney on visiting the Amazon
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