Edinburgh Book Festival
One might expect a good-sized audience for any event with 'Independence' and 'Scotland' in the title, and…
For the Frederick Hood Memorial Event which was sponsored by Walter Scott and Partners Ltd, Professor Susan…
Jenny Brown, as the founder and first Director of the Edinburgh Book Festival (as it was known before being…
Andrew Franklin in the Chair introduced author Antony Beevor as someone who had become one of the leading…
Philip Ziegler is a well known biographer and historian with some twenty four books to his name, including…
“Mary Livingstone was not only neglected by her husband David but airbrushed out of history.”
The Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre was full for this interesting session by two men who had interesting…
Nick Davies is an impressive individual who has rightly been named as the Journalist of the Year and also…
It's been said (at least by this reviewer) that Scotland was gifted both bagpipes and haggis by the folk of…
An evening with Alexander McCall Smith is always a delight and this event, chaired by Jamie Jauncey and…
This event was the first of a special series on the work and legacy of Muriel Spark to commemorate the…
Having Andrew Marr speak at the Edinburgh International Book Festival as his first public engagement since…
It isn’t every book which has an introduction by Dolly Parton, and the very thought might put some off…
John Kay’s ‘Other People’s Money; Masters of the Universe or Servants of the People?’ asks some serious…
This was a fascinating first hour at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in which Charles Emmerson…
Delving into the intimate lives of real women has taken Paula McLain and Priya Parmar on extensive travel…
To live in central Edinburgh is to continually walk through history.
This event proved one of the highlights of the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival thus far, certainly…
Anyone passing by the Baillie Gifford Main Tent at the Book Festival on Thursday lunchtime could be forgiven…
This Edinburgh Book Festival session in the Peppers Theatre with Laurie Penny and Chaired by Faisal…