Edinburgh Book Festival
The imaginative, invented world of fiction can often explore contemporary real life issues in a more profound…
Is arts journalism in crisis?
This event had the added enticement of free morning coffee (courtesy of Prestige Venues), which we could…
An evening with Alexander McCall Smith is always a delight and this event, chaired by Jamie Jauncey and…
Iain Overton’s book ‘Gun, Baby, Gun’ investigates one of the most disturbing and frequently overlooked crisis…
Sadly a monsoon-like downpour reduced the size of the audience for Hilary Roberts, but those who braved the…
Mikhail Lermontov (1814-41) was remarkably proud of his Scottish ancestry, traceable to the Learmonths of…
This entertaining discussion about F. Scott Fitzgerald was like eavesdropping on an animated, cultural…
There was a full house in the Baillie Gifford Main Theatre, where Alfred Brendel was joined by his co-author…
Delving into the intimate lives of real women has taken Paula McLain and Priya Parmar on extensive travel…
In the main Book Festival theatre the other night, a packed audience enjoyed listening to Janice Galloway in…
James Naughtie welcomed Lady Antonia Fraser by saying that the one thing that leaps out of her new historical…
Published alongside the exhibition ‘Photography; A Victorian Sensation’ presented at the National Museum of…
Given the popularity of these two British actresses, it was understandable that Helen Lederer and Celia Imrie…
This event, offered by Publishing Scotland, and chaired by Jenny Brown, attempted to look at the…
Charlotte Higgins and Jean Seaton are uniquely placed to talk about the BBC and contemplate its future.
For the Frederick Hood Memorial Event which was sponsored by Walter Scott and Partners Ltd, Professor Susan…
This was yet another sold out event and based on this event, every appearance of Alexander McCall Smith…
This was a fascinating first hour at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in which Charles Emmerson…
For someone who was born on 10th October 1923 - and still broadcasting actively, one must assume that this…