Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen

Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J

Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness

Sylvie Guillem: Life in Progress trailer

Luke Wright performs Have a Gong

Robert Lepage on his Ka show for Cirque du Soleil

Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Massed Pipes and Drums

Israel Galván on Lo Real

Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse

Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'

Stuart Evers and Dorthe Nors at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Basketball Man on Anneka Rice's Edinburgh

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