Paying it forward... with Chris Brookmyre

Danni chats with Chris Brookmyre about the surprising kindness of crime writers, working with his wife and playing at Glastonbury (no, really). Chat with plenty of twists...

The latest episode of Paying It Forward, the podcast from The Health Lottery is available now - you can find it wherever you get your podcasts...and learn a bit more about the podcast project here .

It's an illuminating chat between our host, Danni Menzies and award-winning crime writer Chris Brookmyre (who also, together with his wife, Dr. Marisa Hoetzman, writes as Ambrose Parry).

Danni and Chris talk about writing with a partner - in every possible sense of the word, getting a helping hand from Val McDermid, and performing music as part of the Fun-Lovin' Crime Writers. More heart-warming than murderous, it still has its fair share of twists...

The Paying It Forward podcast is all about celebrating big and little wins, the happy consequences of attitudes and actions.

It's like the good that you do just by playing any of The Health Lottery's games.

No matter what you play, you're contributing to good causes operating locally all over Britain. It doesn't matter if you play The Big Win, All or Nothing, QuickWin or one of our Instant Win games, you're doing a little bit of good!

Please make sure you're playing within your limits and we'll all pay it forward together!

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