Edinburgh Book Festival
As part of the series Muriel Spark 100, Val McDermid introduced Ali Smith as Scotland’s greatest living…
The Scottish independence issue and next year's referendum is creeping into many of the events at the…
One might expect a good-sized audience for any event with 'Independence' and 'Scotland' in the title, and…
Stuart McHardy and Gary West made something of an odd couple in their joint appearance in Pepper’s Theatre at…
Billed as considering ‘The Emotional Arguments', the final debate of three sponsored by The Guardian…
This was a totally fascinating and entertaining hour with Douglas Hurd and Edward Young, ably chaired by…
Jenny Brown, as the founder and first Director of the Edinburgh Book Festival (as it was known before being…
That Neil Gunn and Maurice Walsh were close friends is a matter of record, attested by the 30 or so letters…
An appearance by Nicholas Parsons is always a highlight of the Edinburgh International Book Festival and this…
Serena Scott began by asking Rhidan Brook to describe the background to his book, "The Aftermath".
Wedged among a bevy of blue rinses, it was
tempting to speculate how many had turned out on yet another…
John Kay’s ‘Other People’s Money; Masters of the Universe or Servants of the People?’ asks some serious…
This was The Open University Event, with the person who was identified as 'The Most Dangerous Woman in…
Andy Wightman’s appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, like that of many another author,…
Having Andrew Marr speak at the Edinburgh International Book Festival as his first public engagement since…
Nick Davies is an impressive individual who has rightly been named as the Journalist of the Year and also…
Late in the seventeenth century, an as yet independent Scotland sought to catch up in the fast-paced race for…
Roy Hattersley was introduced as someone who has been at every Edinburgh Book Festival since 1983 which is…
Delving into the intimate lives of real women has taken Paula McLain and Priya Parmar on extensive travel…
The Peppers Theatre was packed for this intriguingly titled session by Matthew Smith on "Who Really Killed…