Edinburgh Book Festival
It was a delight to see Joan Bakewell back in Edinburgh - as she put it herself, "the time seems to have…
I finally managed to catch Sandy McCall Smith on Friday, 19th August having tried to book a session with him…
Paddy Ashdown took to the stage at the Edinburgh International Book Festival for the second time in twenty…
Joan Bakewell belied her age, which apparently is eighty three, and looked stunning in an orange coat with…
This event with young Welsh poet Owen Sheers was most entertaining and enlightening. His new…
Professors Murray Pittock and Christopher Whatley have studied different aspects of Scottish historical…
Jonathan Steele is a journalist with The Guardian and has been reporting on Afghanistan since 1981.
There was a packed house for the Baillie Gifford event with hostage survivor Ingrid Betancourt and Kirsty…
One of the most respected economic commentators of our times, Joseph Stiglitz made a clearly welcome return…
With a title like this and her recent wide appeal as a contestant in "Strictly Come Dancing" this show was…
These two talks by European writers at the Edinburgh Book Festival had themes of storytelling in common, with…
The Speigeltent at the Edinburgh International Book Festival was near stowed for what promised to be a lively…
Frank Westerman is a Dutch journalist who grew up amongst horses and has now written a history of the…
Phillipe Sands’ event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival proved to be one of the most genuinely…
Anthony Beevor introduced Anna Reid, having given a somewhat lengthy introduction himself!
Peter Gutteridge took the stage alone to introduce Jeremy Vine who then bounded on to the platform from the…
Ian Rankin introduced Frederick Forsyth to the packed house by wondering if his new book 'The Outsider' was…
Political scientist Matthew Goodwin introduced his book "UKIP" by explaining that the book really came about…
This proved to be the most interesting and liveliest of the Guardian debates at the Edinburgh International…
There can’t be many people who have not heard of the phenomenal success of “The Girl on the Train” a…