Edinburgh Book Festival
This entertaining discussion about F. Scott Fitzgerald was like eavesdropping on an animated, cultural…
Andy Wightman’s appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, like that of many another author,…
This event had the added enticement of free morning coffee (courtesy of Prestige Venues), which we could…
Sadly a monsoon-like downpour reduced the size of the audience for Hilary Roberts, but those who braved the…
Another hugely popular event arranged by the Edinburgh International Book Festival with almost every single…
The winner of numerous literary prizes for previous anthologies, Kathleen Jamie received the prestigious…
This event, offered by Publishing Scotland, and chaired by Jenny Brown, attempted to look at the…
Who runs Iran? Is its military still powerful? What is the legacy of the 1979 revolution that produced an…
This was yet another sold out event and based on this event, every appearance of Alexander McCall Smith…
‘What ish my nation?’ is Captain Fluellen’s rhetorical demand in Shakespeare’s ‘Henry V’, his response being…
It’s curious that while Scotland becomes a more confident nation, it continues to be muddled about its past.
Jenny Brown chaired the session with Michael Palin which was billed as "The RBS Event" and there were a very…
With an exciting title and two BBC reporters this promised to be an entertaining session.
There was yet another full house for the appearance of Rowan Williams for The Ballie Gifford Event.
To celebrate his 60th visit to the Edinburgh Festival, the influential, indomitable cultural entrepreneur,…
This event proved one of the highlights of the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival thus far, certainly…
James Naughtie welcomed Lady Antonia Fraser by saying that the one thing that leaps out of her new historical…
This was billed as "The Baker Tilly Event" and was another packed, sell-out for the Book Festival indicating…
Copyright has always been a difficult area, but for some a highly profitable one – a lawyer friend of this…
Alzheimer's and dementia are words most of us fear. We may know those who do or have suffered from these…