Edinburgh Book Festival
This was a politician at his best! Malcolm Rifkind was in ebullient mood when he spoke to a full house at…
Frank Westerman is a Dutch journalist who grew up amongst horses and has now written a history of the…
Celebrated comic book author Alan Moore makes an appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Ruth Wishart in the Chair, introduced Harriet Harman as someone who had her own set of rules; she was a…
Tariq Ramadan is no stranger to controversy. The Swiss born and based academic has been on the receiving end…
The first debate on ‘Would Culture Lose its Shine in an Independent Scotland?’ promised we
While it may have been natural for the Edinburgh International Book Festival to commence its ‘Re-Thinking The…
The Speigeltent at the Edinburgh International Book Festival was near stowed for what promised to be a lively…
Robert Crawford took the concept of the poet as bearer of tradition for the theme of his Saltire Society…
David Mitchell’s got it. He has moved from relative obscurity among mainstream book readers to being one of…
Birmingham is famous for its ‘Curry Mile’ but cosmopolitan as that city is, Bradford continues to be…
Iain Martin is a current columnist for "The Times" and a former editor of "The Scotsman" as well as being the…
The Edinburgh International Book Festival started with a bang!
This was an inspiring and engaging discussion at the Edinburgh Book Festival about the rising…
This was one of the most disappointing sessions I have been to in the Book Festival.
I finally managed to catch Sandy McCall Smith on Friday, 19th August having tried to book a session with him…
On the evening of Sunday 14th August, the small Peppers Theatre stage was packed with poets – not…
Clearly Nina Stibbe is already very popular as this event was completely sold out.
O'Hagan
made a confession at his London Review of Books event held on Sunday 12 August (8.30pm). After…
This Edinburgh International Book Festival event was chaired by, and part of a series of events chosen by,…