Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness

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'

Funmbi Omotayo, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing

Stuart Evers and Dorthe Nors at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation

Sylvie Guillem on life after dance

Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Top Secret Drum Corps

Phill Jupitus, Alan Cox and Marcus Brigstocke

Jazz Line-Up: Alison Affleck sings Billie Holiday

Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J

Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber

Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn