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‘The Annals of the Canongate Parish’ has a promising title, and manages to live up to it, though not perhaps…
The appearance of Mervyn King, former Governor of the Bank of England, produced a predictably very…
Tam Dalyell, Paul Rogers and Ruth Wishart came into the RBS Main Theatre well before the start of the session…
Birmingham is famous for its ‘Curry Mile’ but cosmopolitan as that city is, Bradford continues to be…
Peter Hart is the Oral Historian at the Imperial War Museum and an internationally recognised expert on…
What a splendid event with Judy Murray. Her two sons, Andy and Jamie, would have been very proud of her! It…
This session with Frances Wilson was chaired by Sheena McDonald who immediately discovered that very few…
Stefan Collini is a very intelligent and articulate speaker, as one might reasonably expect of someone…
Jonathan Dimbleby had Magnus Linklater in the chair for this Experian event looking at 'Where World War Two…
The first debate on ‘Would Culture Lose its Shine in an Independent Scotland?’ promised we
The Peppers Theatre tent in Charlotte Square Garden isn’t the largest venue at the Edinburgh International…
I had the good fortune a few years ago to run into JK Rowling while she was writing the final instalment of…
Nicholas Hytner’s ‘Balancing Acts’ is the latest in a considerable line of memoirs produced by former…
There are few speakers who attend the Edinburgh Book Festival who can command an audience the way Roy…
Publishing Scotland’s event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, was entitled ‘Culture Versus…
This book by Alistair Kerr, "Betrayal: The Murder of Robert Nairac GC", is a disappointment.
Professor Murray Pittock’s new work on Culloden seeks to scotch (pun partly intended) three principal myths…
Tariq Ramadan is no stranger to controversy. The Swiss born and based academic has been on the receiving end…
Ruth Dudley Edwards appeared at the Edinburgh International Book Festival to promote ‘The Seven; The Lives…
This reviewer’s previous incarnation as the Stravaigin Reporter for the organisation Scots Tung, has allowed…