Edinburgh Book Festival

Jenny Brown chaired the session with Michael Palin which was billed as "The RBS Event" and there were a very…
The title of the event, ā€œFirst New Novel for Seven Yearsā€ certainly drew a huge appreciative audience to the…
These are the UK’s oldest Literary Awards, founded in 1919 by Janet Coats, the widow of the publisher, James…
Whether Steve Bell can be described as ā€˜Britain’s best loved cartoonist’ is possibly a matter for debate.
Roy Hattersley came to the first Edinburgh Book Festival in 1983 and has appeared in every year since then -…
How did they get away with it? The outrage among the audience at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on…
This was billed as "The Baker Tilly Event" and was another packed, sell-out for the Book Festival indicating…
John Kay’s ā€˜Other People’s Money; Masters of the Universe or Servants of the People?’ asks some serious…
It's been said (at least by this reviewer) that Scotland was gifted both bagpipes and haggis by the folk of…
ā€˜What ish my nation?’ is Captain Fluellen’s rhetorical demand in Shakespeare’s ā€˜Henry V’, his response being…
There are not too many occasions when the speaker is already on stage as the audience come in.
Charlotte Higgins and Jean Seaton are uniquely placed to talk about the BBC and contemplate its future.
They were ordinary soldiers with dodgy equipment and often poor leadership.
With an exciting title and two BBC reporters this promised to be an entertaining session.
For over thirty years, Alastair Reid has deserved five stars.
Having Andrew Marr speak at the Edinburgh International Book Festival as his first public engagement since…
The James Tait Black Prizes were founded in 1919 by Janet Coats, the widow of publisher James Tait Black, to…
As a most astute and intelligent writer with a spontaneous wit, Val McDermid always draws a huge audience at…
Gavin Hewitt, BBC European Editor, opened his talk with an anecdote about football, particularly apposite…
The Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre was full for this interesting session by two men who had interesting…