Edinburgh Book Festival
Author and journalist Magnus Linklater was in the Chair, to introduce Max Hastings as someone who has a…
This was a politician at his best! Malcolm Rifkind was in ebullient mood when he spoke to a full house at…
Professor Willy Maley and post-graduate student Kirsty Luck have edited one among the more valuable…
The Edinburgh International Book Festival started with a bang!
The Fringe and the Edinburgh International Festival are already in full swing and veterans of thrifty…
The Edinburgh International Book Festival was first “published” in 1983 as a Biennial event and due to its…
Alex Salmond has been appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival since 2006.
Alistair Moffat stood alone on the stage to introduce Gordon Brown who received a tremendous welcome from a…
Delving into the intimate lives of real women has taken Paula McLain and Priya Parmar on extensive travel…
Given the popularity of these two British actresses, it was understandable that Helen Lederer and Celia Imrie…
This entertaining discussion about F. Scott Fitzgerald was like eavesdropping on an animated, cultural…
Mark Urban, the Diplomatic Editor of BBC 2 Newsnight was welcomed back to Edinburgh by Al Senter who was…
Whether Steve Bell can be described as ‘Britain’s best loved cartoonist’ is possibly a matter for debate.
Andrej Klimowski and Danusia Schejbal offer a unique perspective on Poland under communist rule in their…
Charlotte Higgins and Jean Seaton are uniquely placed to talk about the BBC and contemplate its future.
‘What ish my nation?’ is Captain Fluellen’s rhetorical demand in Shakespeare’s ‘Henry V’, his response being…
The imaginative, invented world of fiction can often explore contemporary real life issues in a more profound…
In the main Book Festival theatre the other night, a packed audience enjoyed listening to Janice Galloway in…
Roy Hattersley was introduced as someone who has been at every Edinburgh Book Festival since 1983 which is…
With Magnus Linklater in the chair the speaker, James Naughtie was introduced to a packed audience as someone…