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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. Robert Lepage on portraying himself in 887
    00:56
    Robert Lepage on portraying himself in 887
  3. Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare
    00:37
    Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare
  4. Robert Lepage on his Ka show for Cirque du Soleil
    01:45
    Robert Lepage on his Ka show for Cirque du Soleil
  5. Kathryn Joseph sings The Worm
    03:03
    Kathryn Joseph sings The Worm
  6. Mark Steel talks politics and comedy
    09:19
    Mark Steel talks politics and comedy
  7. Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
    00:01
    Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
  8. Michael Che, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
    01:32
    Michael Che, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  9. Juliette Binoche
    58:39
    Juliette Binoche
  10. Mexican Writing, An Insider's View with Gabriel Orozco at Edinburgh International Book Festival
    57:33
    Mexican Writing, An Insider's View with Gabriel Orozco at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  11. Juliette Binoche on why actors are 'different animals'
    01:59
    Juliette Binoche on why actors are 'different animals'
  12. Israel Galván on Lo Real
    05:28
    Israel Galván on Lo Real
  13. Funmbi Omotayo, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
    01:38
    Funmbi Omotayo, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  14. Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
    02:54
    Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
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