Edinburgh Book Festival
This was a fascinating first hour at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in which Charles Emmerson…
“Mary Livingstone was not only neglected by her husband David but airbrushed out of history.”
It’s curious that while Scotland becomes a more confident nation, it continues to be muddled about its past.
There was yet another full house for the appearance of Rowan Williams for The Ballie Gifford Event.
Three acknowledged experts on China took a capacity audience at the Edinburgh Book Festival's Studio Theatre…
This was an exceptional experience and the talk by Paul Roberts, the Curator of the British Museum's current…
Jenny Brown, as the founder and first Director of the Edinburgh Book Festival (as it was known before being…
The National Theatre of Scotland has the ironically inclusive slogan of ‘theatre without walls’ having in…
The late John Bellany (1942 – 2013) is regarded as a major Scottish – indeed European - Figurative…
Mark Urban, the Diplomatic Editor of BBC 2 Newsnight was welcomed back to Edinburgh by Al Senter who was…
Douglas Newton and David Olusoga came together with Al Senter, in the Chair, to look at the other side of the…
Having Andrew Marr speak at the Edinburgh International Book Festival as his first public engagement since…
Founded in 1919 by Janet Coates to commemorate her late husband James Tait Black, a publisher with a great…
An evening with Alexander McCall Smith is always a delight and this event, chaired by Jamie Jauncey and…
Andrew Franklin in the Chair introduced author Antony Beevor as someone who had become one of the leading…
Charlotte Higgins and Jean Seaton are uniquely placed to talk about the BBC and contemplate its future.
"Guilt," a late friend of this reviewer's observed, "is a useless emotion." Except perhaps insofar as it…
Roland Glover ably filled in for Alan
Little, "away" doing more pressing work than interviewing Misha Glenny…
This event proved one of the highlights of the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival thus far, certainly…
With Magnus Linklater in the chair the speaker, James Naughtie was introduced to a packed audience as someone…