Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber

Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen

Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J

Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness

Jesse Jackson on America's culture of violence

Sylvie Guillem: Life in Progress trailer

Phill Jupitus, Alan Cox and Marcus Brigstocke

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

Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman

Luke Wright performs Have a Gong

Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Simon McBurney on the joy of performing

Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone

Jazz Line-Up: Closing set from the Darius Brubeck Quartet