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The Edinburgh Book Festival was launched in 1983, the "biggest festival of the written word in the world".
Various Burns Suppers, ceilidhs and celebrations to mark the birth date of Scotland's National Bard, Robert…
Winner of the 2024 Nero Book Award for Non-Fiction, Sophie Elmhirst appeared at the Edinbu
In a world where we organise our lives online, having a reminder of the impact of an all-seeing, all-contro
As the nights draw in, the Scottish International Storytelling Festival celebrates the art of yarn-spinning…
Part of a series of talks connected to books published by Luath Press, this is a fascinating glimpse into t
The book ‘Scottish Religious Poetry’ was first published in 2000; now, almost a quarter of a century on, th
The residents of the colonies flats in Stockbridge host their popular, annual ya
Launched in 2013, TradFest is Edinburgh’s main multi-arts festival dedicated to Scottish culture, traditional…
In Gary McNair's atmospheric adaptation of Stevenson's classic gothic novel, Forbes Masson gives a…
There have been many adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic, gothic novella
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Jenny Niven , a leading light on Edinburgh and Scotland's literary scene, will lead the
The Edinburgh International Book Festival has u
Greta Thunberg's appearance at the Edinburgh Playhouse o
Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and discover the central role
This talk presents the sanitary bin in its historical context for the first time, and argues that it reveal
Nick Barley, Director of the Edinburgh Internationa
This talk explores the history of burn scars over the last two centuries.
This event celebrates the launch of our exhibition '