Edinburgh Book Festival
In 1983, the inaugural Edinburgh International Book Festival was only the third literary festival in the UK…
These two speakers, both acknowledged experts on their subjects, gave a succinct analysis of the current…
Kate Summerscale is renowned for her non fiction “thriller”, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (one of the…
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…