Front Row at the Edinburgh Festival

Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'

Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'

Ali McGregor sings You Shook Me All Night Long

Bernat Klein and Kwang Young Chun at Dovecot Gallery

Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood

Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes

Beth Vyse, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing

Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness

Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: A Bollywood Love Story

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

Jazz Line-Up: Alison Affleck sings Billie Holiday

Simon McBurney on the joy of performing