The Characters

Reading

Childhood

Writing Books for her Daughter

Scarlet Umbrella

Playing Instruments

Q&A

Tim Burgess on a chance meeting with Steve Martin

Malaika Kegode: I tried to stop writing about you

Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America

Watching Taken with your mum

The Haka at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo

How it feels to get flyered for your own show

Rappers: Ransom FA

Alexei Sayle on life and 'inventing' British comedy

Edinburgh Dazzle ship: Timelapse

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