Tag: Nick Barley

Freedom: ‘the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants.’We all agree with that – don’t we?  But how do our actions or words affect others? Some people think they have...

At a ceremony in the very august surroundings of the Signet Library accompanied by champagne and pastries the Edinburgh International Book Festival launched its programme for 2013. In a packed programme of over 700 events,...

Ian Rankin celebrates 25 years of Rebus as well as giving a sneak preview of his new novel; poet Alice Oswald gives a rare reading of Memorial, her reimagining of Homer’s Iliad; and Scottish...