Edinburgh Book Festival
Murder is murder whether in Oslo or Glasgow.
Andy Wightman’s appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, like that of many another author,…
Melvyn Bragg had a sell-out audience as one might expect for such a well known radio and television presenter.
This event, the final in a series at the Edinburgh International Book Festival (and almost the final one of…
A. L. Kennedy is no stranger to the Edinburgh International Book Festival, or indeed to other such events.
Kate Mosse attracted a packed audience for the introduction to her new novel about female French Resistence…
For anyone interested in travel or world geography, this was a most inspirational discussion - indeed a…
Alistair Moffat stood alone on the stage to introduce Gordon Brown who received a tremendous welcome from a…
A great deal of ink and opinion has thus far characterised the debate on the 2014 referendum. One book, at…
James Naughtie welcomed Lady Antonia Fraser by saying that the one thing that leaps out of her new historical…
This was The Open University Event, with the person who was identified as 'The Most Dangerous Woman in…
It is now fifty years since the tragic death of Sylvia Plath who committed suicide aged just 30.
Delving into the intimate lives of real women has taken Paula McLain and Priya Parmar on extensive travel…
Alan Johnson received a very warm welcome when he came into a full Baillie Gifford Main Theatre with Ruth…
Mikhail Lermontov (1814-41) was remarkably proud of his Scottish ancestry, traceable to the Learmonths of…
Who runs Iran? Is its military still powerful? What is the legacy of the 1979 revolution that produced an…
Jeremy Paxman was at his absolute best for this Open University event which was entitled, "War. Germany.
Cuba is the only communist country where I have not felt under constant watch by secret police or informers,…
How can you describe such a literary phenomenon as Alexander McCall Smith?
The winner of numerous literary prizes for previous anthologies, Kathleen Jamie received the prestigious…