By Chris Dobson / 24th August 2019
On a sweltering August day at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, former China editor for BBC News Carrie Gracie chaired...
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By Chris Dobson / 23rd August 2019
Despite its links to the investment management firm Baillie Gifford, the Edinburgh International Book Festival has always been rather left-of-centre,...
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By reviewsphere / 22nd August 2019
One of the most innovative youth film festivals in Europe, Glasgow Youth Film Festival (GYFF) returns from 13 – 15...
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By Ailie Hunter / 21st August 2019
Peter was in a packed New York Times Main theatre with Ruth Wishart to discuss his new book The Phoney...
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By Chris Dobson / 21st August 2019
The United Kingdom was supposed to leave the European Union almost five months ago; instead, it looks set to leave...
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By Polina Chizhova / 20th August 2019
Will Gompertz returns to the Fringe Festival ten years after his first lecture. Gompertz show is a journey through time...
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By reviewsphere / 19th August 2019
A brand-new, limited-edition book of poetry has been created in response to the highly acclaimed work of one of the...
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By Chris Dobson / 19th August 2019
The Edinburgh International Book Festival is excellent, of that there can be no doubt, but in the elegant surroundings of...
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By Chris Dobson / 18th August 2019
When The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was published in 2003, it quickly became a smash hit,...
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By Sofia Cotrona / 17th August 2019
George Grosz once said that any art is pointless if it does not put itself at the disposal of political...
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By Chris Dobson / 17th August 2019
2019 is the year when Scotland goes Basque. Unsurprisingly, therefore, this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival features several events related...
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By Roddy Martine / 16th August 2019
When I was a teenager, Edinburgh was a smugly small-town city dominated by the Kirk and ruled by the affectations...
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