Edinburgh Book Festival

Professor Murray Pittock’s new work on Culloden seeks to scotch (pun partly intended) three principal myths…
The Speigeltent at the Edinburgh International Book Festival was near stowed for what promised to be a lively…
Nicholas Hytner’s ā€˜Balancing Acts’ is the latest in a considerable line of memoirs produced by former…
This was an imaginative and inspirational double act - an international best selling crime…
With a title like this and her recent wide appeal as a contestant in "Strictly Come Dancing" this show was…
This was a politician at his best! Malcolm Rifkind was in ebullient mood when he spoke to a full house at…
These two talks by European writers at the Edinburgh Book Festival had themes of storytelling in common, with…
Tam Dalyell, Paul Rogers and Ruth Wishart came into the RBS Main Theatre well before the start of the session…
This was a splendid 'tour de force' by Paddy Ashdown which everyone thoroughly enjoyed.
Gavin Hewitt, BBC European Editor, opened his talk with an anecdote about football, particularly apposite…
Anyone passing by the Baillie Gifford Main Tent at the Book Festival on Thursday lunchtime could be forgiven…
The theme of this year’s Edinburgh Book Festival is summed up by the phrase ā€Let’s Talkā€ illustrated with…
Roy Hattersley came to the first Edinburgh Book Festival in 1983 and has appeared in every year since then -…
ā€˜What ish my nation?’ is Captain Fluellen’s rhetorical demand in Shakespeare’s ā€˜Henry V’, his response being…
These are the UK’s oldest Literary Awards, founded in 1919 by Janet Coats, the widow of the publisher, James…
This was a totally fascinating and entertaining hour with Douglas Hurd and Edward Young, ably chaired by…
This was The Open University Event, with the person who was identified as 'The Most Dangerous Woman in…
ā€˜Embattled’ might seem an odd choice of word to describe Henry McLeish, former First Minister and David…
There are not too many occasions when the speaker is already on stage as the audience come in.
For someone who was born on 10th October 1923 - and still broadcasting actively, one must assume that this…