Edinburgh Book Festival
This was an imaginative and inspirational double act - an international best selling crime writer in…
The first debate on ‘Would Culture Lose its Shine in an Independent Scotland?’ promised we
Billed as considering ‘The Emotional Arguments', the final debate of three sponsored by The Guardian…
John McCarthy was introduced by Allan Little for this inaugural Frederick Hood Memorial Lecture. It was also…
Jonathan Steele is a journalist with The Guardian and has been reporting on Afghanistan since 1981.
Saul David seems to have undergone an alarming make-over since the earlier days of his writing career.
Professor Paul Broda was introduced by Tam Dalyell who said that it must be unique to have two fathers who…
Peter Gutteridge took the stage alone to introduce Jeremy Vine who then bounded on to the platform from the…
The Edinburgh International Book Festival ended tonight with the inaugural Fred Hood Memorial Lecture given…
Jeremy Paxman was introduced by his fellow BBC colleague, Allan Little, for this Open University Event which…
Acclaimed novelist Padgett Powell and leading biographer Fiona MacCarthy have won this year's James Tait…
Wilbur Smith was introduced by Jackie McGlone as the author of some thirty four novels which had sold over…
James Naughtie introduced Alistair Darling for this Thomas Miller Investment Event which was held fittingly…
Stefan Collini is a very intelligent and articulate speaker, as one might reasonably expect of someone…
Sheena McDonald introduced this session about The Third Reich's Celluloid War by Ian Garden who confessed to…
Joe Simpson, the author of Touching the Void was introduced by Alan Morrison, the Group Arts Editor of The…
Anthony Beevor introduced Anna Reid, having given a somewhat lengthy introduction himself!
Cuba is the only communist country where I have not felt under constant watch by secret police or informers,…
This was the second debate in the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s trilogy of events under the title ‘…
Kirsty Wark, introducing Tom Kitchin, the "superstar chef", said we were in for a great culinary treat - and…