Edinburgh Book Festival
Jenny Brown, as the founder and first Director of the Edinburgh Book Festival (as it was known before being…
Charlotte Higgins and Jean Seaton are uniquely placed to talk about the BBC and contemplate its future.
For anyone interested in travel or world geography, this was a most inspirational discussion - indeed a…
Something rather cheerful appears to have
happened to A.L. Kennedy of late - she fair bounced into the RBS…
‘Embattled’ might seem an odd choice of word to describe Henry McLeish, former First Minister and David…
It’s curious that while Scotland becomes a more confident nation, it continues to be muddled about its past.
With an exciting title and two BBC reporters this promised to be an entertaining session.
An evening with Alexander McCall Smith is always a delight and this event, chaired by Jamie Jauncey and…
It's been said (at least by this reviewer) that Scotland was gifted both bagpipes and haggis by the folk of…
As the second anniversary of the Maidan protests which ousted the Yanukovich-led government in Ukraine…
Mikhail Lermontov (1814-41) was remarkably proud of his Scottish ancestry, traceable to the Learmonths of…
This event had the added enticement of free morning coffee (courtesy of Prestige Venues), which we could…
On the first wet evening in several weeks, a thunderstorm cracked the skies just as Maggie O’Farrell began to…
This session entitled, "Searching for Mary Queen of Scots" drew a full house to the Scottish Power Studio.
Chef Mark Greenaway strides on to the platform as if ready to give us a cookery demonstration but he is here…
This event, the final in a series at the Edinburgh International Book Festival (and almost the final one of…
Leading us away from our laptops, manicured lawns and comfy sofas as well as our fear of things that might…
Stuart McHardy and Gary West made something of an odd couple in their joint appearance in Pepper’s Theatre at…
Who runs Iran? Is its military still powerful? What is the legacy of the 1979 revolution that produced an…
The winner of numerous literary prizes for previous anthologies, Kathleen Jamie received the prestigious…