Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper

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

Jesse Jackson on America's culture of violence

Fred MacAulay's five festival picks

Simon McBurney: Welcome to the jungle

Stuart Evers and Dorthe Nors at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: A Bollywood Love Story

Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle

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

Kathryn Joseph sings The Bird

The Showstoppers perform a ten minute musical

Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness