Politics
Inimitable English comedian Eddie Izzard hosts a one-off gig to launch a campaign "for people in England,…
From robot football to making round bubbles square, from the science of intoxication at a Mad Hatter’s Tea…
It has yet to catch on in national elections, but for the first time, local people taking part in this year's…
"Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art".
Andy Warhol
Although the run-up to the 2014 Independence Referendum has barely begun, the length of the queue for this…
Ben Judah is the author of "Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell In And Out Of Love With Vladimir Putin", to be…
These two speakers, both acknowledged experts on their subjects, gave a succinct analysis of the current…
The performance of ‘Hora’ by Israeli dance company, Batsheva, was completely overshadowed by the human rights…
The first debate on ‘Would Culture Lose its Shine in an Independent Scotland?’ promised we
John McCarthy was introduced by Allan Little for this inaugural Frederick Hood Memorial Lecture. It was also…
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…
A special one-off charity screening of Even the Rain (Tambien la Lluvia), a 2010 Spanish drama film starring…
James Naughtie introduced Alistair Darling for this Thomas Miller Investment Event which was held fittingly…
This was the second debate in the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s trilogy of events under the title ‘…
Tam Dalyell, Paul Rogers and Ruth Wishart came into the RBS Main Theatre well before the start of the session…
Paddy Ashdown spoke at the Baker Tilly Event which was chaired by the BBC "Today" presenter James Naughtie.
Roy Hattersley is a regular visitor to the Edinburgh Book Festival and a prolific author in his own right, so…
While it may have been natural for the Edinburgh International Book Festival to commence its ‘Re-Thinking The…