Edinburgh Book Festival
With Al Senter as chair, Bath described the astonishing story of Tommy Macpherson's very full life.
Author and journalist Magnus Linklater was in the Chair, to introduce Max Hastings as someone who has a…
This reviewer’s previous incarnation as the Stravaigin Reporter for the organisation Scots Tung, has allowed…
‘You Know What You Could Be’ is the kind of phrase that echoes the hopes, dreams and downright fantasies of…
This was a splendid 'tour de force' by Paddy Ashdown which everyone thoroughly enjoyed.
With a title like this and her recent wide appeal as a contestant in "Strictly Come Dancing" this show was…
Absurdism and satire have been healthy strands in Russian literature for a very long time.
Joan Bakewell belied her age, which apparently is eighty three, and looked stunning in an orange coat with…
Sheena McDonald introduced Malloch-Brown as someone with huge experience of international affairs having…
David Mitchell started by explaining that he was the author and not the comedian!
This was an inspiring and engaging discussion at the Edinburgh Book Festival about the rising…
Publishing Scotland’s event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, was entitled ‘Culture Versus…
Tom Devine, doyen of Scottish historians, was at the Edinburgh International Book Festival to talk about his…
Jonathan Steele is a journalist with The Guardian and has been reporting on Afghanistan since 1981.
Ruth Wishart in the Chair, introduced Harriet Harman as someone who had her own set of rules; she was a…
"The Wealth of Nations" has never been out of publication since it first appeared some two hundred and thirty…
Panic among the publishers? Whinging writers? Wither the book as we know it?
Nicholas Carr came prominently to public attention with his article ‘Is Google making Us Stupid?’ He has, in…
Peter Hart is the Oral Historian at the Imperial War Museum and an internationally recognised expert on…
The session with Anjan Sundaram with Jenny Niven in the Chair deserved to be better attended - the…