Front Row at the Edinburgh Festival

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

Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences

Fred MacAulay's five festival picks

Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber

Poetry Slam Grand Final: Scott Tyrrell

Harriet Kemsley, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing

Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Massed Pipes and Drums

Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse

Mark Steel talks politics and comedy

Ali McGregor sings You Shook Me All Night Long

Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'