Edinburgh Book Festival
With Magnus Linklater in the chair the speaker, James Naughtie was introduced to a packed audience as someone…
Whether you're a writer, involved in the "industry" or a mere humble book purchaser, you likely have your own…
The James Tait Black Prizes were founded in 1919 by Janet Coats, the widow of publisher James Tait Black, to…
"Guilt," a late friend of this reviewer's observed, "is a useless emotion." Except perhaps insofar as it…
This was a fascinating first hour at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in which Charles Emmerson…
This was an exceptional experience and the talk by Paul Roberts, the Curator of the British Museum's current…
This was one of the first events of the Edinburgh International Book Festival and featured Tariq Ali with…
The Peppers Theatre was packed for this intriguingly titled session by Matthew Smith on "Who Really Killed…
They were ordinary soldiers with dodgy equipment and often poor leadership.
Andrej Klimowski and Danusia Schejbal offer a unique perspective on Poland under communist rule in their…
Paddy Ashdown is well known to Edinburgh Book Festival audiences, so Peter Gutteridge was able to give him…
The 2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival launched the “most international programme in its history”…
As tickets go on sale, a quick look at some of the highlights of the Edinburgh Book Festival which in 2012…
This morning there was a less-than-bloody pitched battle between Richard Holloway, Richard Harries and author…
With over a week of the Edinburgh International Book Festival behind us I feel like it’s time to reflect.
We're around about the half-way mark of the Edinburgh Fringe (if you include preview dates), and I thought it…
Delegates to the Edinburgh International Book Festival bring their fair share of mysteries: whether it be the…
The Fringe and the Edinburgh International Festival are already in full swing and veterans of thrifty…
This year, the charity-run initiative Death on the Fringe, that aims to get us talking about the one thing…
Dilip Hiro’s ‘The Longest August; The Unflinching Rivalry of India and Pakistan’ examines one of the most…