Mark Steel talks politics and comedy

Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation

Alexander McCall Smith reads from The Revolving Door of Life

Kirsty Logan finds inspiration in the North East coast of Scotland

Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J

Mexican Writing, An Insider's View with Gabriel Orozco at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone

Jazz Line-Up: Corrina Hewat and Dave Milligan

Katherine Ryan, Hosting BBC Presents the Next Big Thing

Sylvie Guillem: Life in Progress trailer

Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'

Simon McBurney: Welcome to the jungle

Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

Stuart Evers and Dorthe Nors at Edinburgh International Book Festival