Edinburgh Book Festival

This, the Thomas Miller Investment Event, was chaired by Ian Fraser, whose book on the RBS collapse, "…
John Kay’s ‘Other People’s Money; Masters of the Universe or Servants of the People?’ asks some serious…
James Naughtie welcomed Lady Antonia Fraser by saying that the one thing that leaps out of her new historical…
The Edinburgh International Book Festival marked the passing of Seamus Heaney, probably the most well known ‘…
This was an exceptional experience and the talk by Paul Roberts, the Curator of the British Museum's current…
They were ordinary soldiers with dodgy equipment and often poor leadership.
This event brought together two global best-selling writers specialising in suspense, intrigue and murder.
No subject could be more topical than looking at the Middle East today and all the problems that it faces.…
This event was the first of a special series on the work and legacy of Muriel Spark to commemorate the…
Wedged among a bevy of blue rinses, it was tempting to speculate how many had turned out on yet another…
This joint 'meet the author' event paired two distinctive novelists, Amanda Craig and Gwendoline Riley, whose…
The 2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival launched the “most international programme in its history”…
We're around about the half-way mark of the Edinburgh Fringe (if you include preview dates), and I thought it…
Delegates to the Edinburgh International Book Festival bring their fair share of mysteries: whether it be the…
As tickets go on sale, a quick look at some of the highlights of the Edinburgh Book Festival which in 2012…
This morning there was a less-than-bloody pitched battle between Richard Holloway, Richard Harries and author…
The Fringe and the Edinburgh International Festival are already in full swing and veterans of thrifty…
With over a week of the Edinburgh International Book Festival behind us I feel like it’s time to reflect.
This year, the charity-run initiative Death on the Fringe, that aims to get us talking about the one thing…
Dilip Hiro’s ‘The Longest August; The Unflinching Rivalry of India and Pakistan’ examines one of the most…