1) The Edinburgh Book Festival has begun in earnest this week. The festival is one of the lengthiest in the country, running from 13-29 of August. The festival was originally launched in 1983 and staged every two years before becoming a yearly feature in 1997. The Book festival links in with the other festivals in Edinburgh – the Jazz festival, International festival, the Art festival, the Fringe, the Film festival and the Edinburgh Mela – and is thus able to claim to be part of ‘the biggest and best arts festival in the world.’
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2) Many of the UK’s best known authors are due on the festival stage this year. Writers already sold out include A.C. Grayling, Alexander McCall Smith, Evan Davis, Simon Callow, Wendy Cope and Ian Rankin. The festival also has numerous
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