Politics
Since it first premiered at Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre in 2012, ‘The Glasgow Girls’ has been winning awards (…
Stella Feehily’s ‘This May Hurt A Bit’ is, in some ways, a play about nostalgia, and is none the worse for…
Given that the people of Scotland will vote in a few months on whether they believe Scotland should be an…
Josie Long has been bringing quality stand-up to the Fringe for the last three or four years, winning the if…
This was the second debate in the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s trilogy of events under the title ‘…
‘Democracy’ uses its title several times in the course of this story that can’t quite make up its mind where…
There are few speakers who attend the Edinburgh Book Festival who can command an audience the way Roy…
John McCarthy was introduced by Allan Little for this inaugural Frederick Hood Memorial Lecture. It was…
The Speigeltent at the Edinburgh International Book Festival was near stowed for what promised to be a lively…
These two speakers, both acknowledged experts on their subjects, gave a succinct analysis of the current…
Do you ever feel utterly overwhelmed by the constant flow of news, pounded by the endless atrocities…
Professor Paul Broda was introduced by Tam Dalyell who said that it must be unique to have two fathers who…
There is a routine that follows me around on nights such as tonight and, if you'd be so gracious as to allow…
In Charles Ferguson's excellent documentary Inside Job, Nouriel Roubini (famously dubbed Dr Doom for his…
While it may have been natural for the Edinburgh International Book Festival to commence its ‘Re-Thinking The…
Professors Murray Pittock and Christopher Whatley have studied different aspects of Scottish historical…
Although the run-up to the 2014 Independence Referendum has barely begun, the length of the queue for this…
The ‘Two Minute Manifesto’ caravan came to a halt at the Traverse on the day of the Scottish Parliament…
Roy Hattersley is a regular visitor to the Edinburgh Book Festival and a prolific author in his own right, so…
Paddy Ashdown spoke at the Baker Tilly Event which was chaired by the BBC "Today" presenter James Naughtie.