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Iain Martin is a current columnist for "The Times" and a former editor of "The Scotsman" as well as being the…
There can be no doubt that publishing is undergoing significant and long-lasting change.
The appearance of Mervyn King, former Governor of the Bank of England, produced a predictably very…
Frank Westerman is a Dutch journalist who grew up amongst horses and has now written a history of the…
Maggie O’Farrell is a remarkable novelist with a fresh, distinctive voice and visual imagination. She…
Tax may not sound like the most exciting subject but the Studio Theatre was packed with around 275 of us to…
Ian Rankin introduced Frederick Forsyth to the packed house by wondering if his new book 'The Outsider' was…
John McCarthy was introduced by Allan Little for this inaugural Frederick Hood Memorial Lecture. It was…
Some of the best art is scarcely noted.
As the Festival Season begins it is sometimes easy to forget just how dependent Edinburgh is on its many fine…
The Peppers Theatre tent in Charlotte Square Garden isn’t the largest venue at the Edinburgh International…
This event with young Welsh poet Owen Sheers was most entertaining and enlightening. His new…
Nicholas Hytner’s ‘Balancing Acts’ is the latest in a considerable line of memoirs produced by former…
This was an introduction to the two authors as a part of the Newton First Book Award and was chaired by…
The session with Anjan Sundaram with Jenny Niven in the Chair deserved to be better attended - the…
Tariq Ramadan is no stranger to controversy. The Swiss born and based academic has been on the receiving end…
EdinburghGuide recently received a copy of "The Hungover Cookbook" by Milton Crawford. An interesting quirk…
On balance, Adam Phillips may have one of the sharpest, penetrating and prescient minds in Britain today.
As part of the Muriel Spark 100 celebrations, Alan Taylor, literary critic, writer and close friend of the…
There was again an absolutely full house for this British Academy sponsored event featuring Sir Tom Devine,…