Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences

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

Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone

George the Poet reads See You on the Other Side

Fred MacAulay's five festival picks

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

Spencer Jones, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing

Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J

Front Row at the Edinburgh Festival

Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman

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

Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle