Edinburgh Book Festival
Iain Martin is a current columnist for "The Times" and a former editor of "The Scotsman" as well as being the…
Will Self was all alone on the stage at the Edinburgh Book Festival’s main venue, with a bitterly cold…
Melvyn Bragg was introduced to the audience as someone who was well known as a broadcaster - working both for…
The Speigeltent at the Edinburgh International Book Festival was near stowed for what promised to be a lively…
The session with Anjan Sundaram with Jenny Niven in the Chair deserved to be better attended - the…
This event proved one of the most stimulating and thought provoking this reviewer has thus far attended at…
On balance, Adam Phillips may have one of the sharpest, penetrating and prescient minds in Britain today.
James Naughtie introduced Alistair Darling for this Thomas Miller Investment Event which was held fittingly…
This was a splendid 'tour de force' by Paddy Ashdown which everyone thoroughly enjoyed.
Maggie O’Farrell is a remarkable novelist with a fresh, distinctive voice and visual imagination. She…
Roy Hattersley appeared with a beard which he assured the audience was not to be seen as being in sympathy…
It was a delight to see Joan Bakewell back in Edinburgh - as she put it herself, "the time seems to have…
Obviously well known to British audiences, Erica Jong was joined stage by Ruth Wishart who acted as chair for…
Described as one of Scotland’s beloved literary sons and as the “Sage of North Queensferry”, Iain Banks has…
Ruth Wishart in the Chair, introduced Harriet Harman as someone who had her own set of rules; she was a…
Al Senter, who was in the Chair, first asked BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner what made him decide to…
This special event, in the Charlotte Square Garden Spiegeltent, was preceded by an excellent afternoon with…
The appearance of Mervyn King, former Governor of the Bank of England, produced a predictably very…
Bidisha introduced Ed Vulliamy, an author who has written for The Guardian and Amnesty International, whose…
Misha Glenny was introduced by Douglas Fraser, the BBC News Scotland business and economy editor, who noted…