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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. Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber
    02:28
    Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber
  3. Luke Wright performs Have a Gong
    01:58
    Luke Wright performs Have a Gong
  4. Dean Owens sings Delia's Gone
    02:48
    Dean Owens sings Delia's Gone
  5. Kathryn Joseph sings The Bird
    03:49
    Kathryn Joseph sings The Bird
  6. Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone
    03:40
    Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone
  7. Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes
    05:28
    Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes
  8. Kathryn Joseph sings The Worm
    03:03
    Kathryn Joseph sings The Worm
  9. Phill Jupitus, Alan Cox and Marcus Brigstocke
    20:24
    Phill Jupitus, Alan Cox and Marcus Brigstocke
  10. Jesse Jackson on the Black Lives Matter movement
    02:48
    Jesse Jackson on the Black Lives Matter movement
  11. Beth Vyse, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
    01:39
    Beth Vyse, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  12. Liz Lochhead: How To Be a Romantic Poet
    03:37
    Liz Lochhead: How To Be a Romantic Poet
  13. Jazz Line-Up: Alison Affleck sings Billie Holiday
    11:10
    Jazz Line-Up: Alison Affleck sings Billie Holiday
  14. Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
    04:00
    Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
  15. Israel Galván on Lo Real
    05:28
    Israel Galván on Lo Real
  16. Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Massed Pipes and Drums
    06:06
    Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Massed Pipes and Drums
  17. Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
    02:19
    Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
  18. Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman
    03:24
    Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman
  19. Robert Lepage on portraying himself in 887
    00:56
    Robert Lepage on portraying himself in 887
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