Politics
Actor David Hayman's cri de coeur is a rousing call to vote Yes in the Referendeum on Scottish Independence…
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond gives his reasons for aiming for a referendum vote in 2014.
After Covid-19 struck in 2020, the Edinburgh Internati
First minister Nicola Sturgeon reiterated that Scotland will have a referendum on independence "within the
PM Boris Johnson is back in Westminster with a resounding majority of 80 seats for the Conservatives and th
The candidates standing in Edinburgh's five constituencies in the UK Parliamentary Election on 12 December
The Festival of Politics is a populist, accessible festival set in the Scottish parliament at Holyrood. The…
There is a routine that follows me around on nights such as tonight and, if you'd be so gracious as to allow…
Josie Long has been bringing quality stand-up to the Fringe for the last three or four years, winning the if…
‘The Annals of the Canongate Parish’ has a promising title, and manages to live up to it, though not perhaps…
This was the second debate in the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s trilogy of events under the title ‘…
Why is it we always remember where we were when something bad happens?
Paddy Ashdown spoke at the Baker Tilly Event which was chaired by the BBC "Today" presenter James Naughtie.
The first debate on ‘Would Culture Lose its Shine in an Independent Scotland?’ promised we
There are few speakers who attend the Edinburgh Book Festival who can command an audience the way Roy…
In Charles Ferguson's excellent documentary Inside Job, Nouriel Roubini (famously dubbed Dr Doom for his…
Professors Murray Pittock and Christopher Whatley have studied different aspects of Scottish historical…
The ‘Two Minute Manifesto’ caravan came to a halt at the Traverse on the day of the Scottish Parliament…
Political scientist Matthew Goodwin introduced his book "UKIP" by explaining that the book really came about…
Since it first premiered at Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre in 2012, ‘The Glasgow Girls’ has been winning awards (…