Edinburgh Book Festival
There was a packed house for the Baillie Gifford event with hostage survivor Ingrid Betancourt and Kirstyā¦
Kirsty Wark, introducing Tom Kitchin, the "superstar chef", said we were in for a great culinary treat - andā¦
While it may have been natural for the Edinburgh International Book Festival to commence its āRe-Thinking Theā¦
Nicholas Carr came prominently to public attention with his article āIs Google making Us Stupid?ā He has, inā¦
This was an inspiring and engaging discussion at the Edinburgh Book Festival about the risingā¦
Anthony Beevor introduced Anna Reid, having given a somewhat lengthy introduction himself!
Matthew Ovortrup's book on Angela Merkel was hugely popular and the Studio Theatre in Charlotte Square Gardenā¦
Sheena McDonald introduced Malloch-Brown as someone with huge experience of international affairs havingā¦
āYou Know What You Could Beā is the kind of phrase that echoes the hopes, dreams and downright fantasies ofā¦
The Edinburgh International Book Festival started with a bang!
Whither the future? A question many of us ask, especially when weāve no idea what the answer may be.
With a hearty Edinburgh reception, Sir Vincent (Vince) Cable took his seat with Phil Harding who was in theā¦
Obviously well known to British audiences, Erica Jong was joined stage by Ruth Wishart who acted as chair forā¦
A long queue for the Studio Theatre at the Edinburgh International Book Festival attested to the interest Ianā¦
Ruby Wax came into the auditorium to resounding applause and clearly revelled in the very supportive welcomeā¦
Described as one of Scotlandās beloved literary sons and as the āSage of North Queensferryā, Iain Banks hasā¦
Sheena McDonald introduced this session about The Third Reich's Celluloid War by Ian Garden who confessedā¦
This event with young Welsh poet Owen Sheers was most entertaining and enlightening. His newā¦
These two talks by European writers at the Edinburgh Book Festival had themes of storytelling in common, withā¦
Professor Paul Broda was introduced by Tam Dalyell who said that it must be unique to have two fathers whoā¦