Edinburgh Book Festival

Professor Murray Pittock’s new work on Culloden seeks to scotch (pun partly intended) three principal myths…
To celebrate his 60th visit to the Edinburgh Festival, the influential, indomitable cultural entrepreneur,…
She gave a little, rather shy, wave when she came in to the applause of the audience, however, Lee Randall…
Phillipe Sands’ event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival proved to be one of the most genuinely…
While David Mitchell was on holiday, stand-up comedian Stewart Lee had the opportunity to take his place as a…
Comedian Sue Perkins was appearing ostensibly to promote her autobiographical, debut book "Spectacles" which…
Joan Bakewell belied her age, which apparently is eighty three, and looked stunning in an orange coat with…
For some people their careers are defined by a single issue, so said Ruth Wishart who was chairing the…
How can you describe such a literary phenomenon as Alexander McCall Smith?
Gregor Fisher wheeled in Melanie Reid who was in a wheelchair following a riding accident some years ago and…
This special event, in the Charlotte Square Garden Spiegeltent, was preceded by an excellent afternoon with…
Absurdism and satire have been healthy strands in Russian literature for a very long time.