Mark Steel talks politics and comedy

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

Liz Lochhead: How To Be a Romantic Poet

Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Simon McBurney on the joy of performing

Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman

Tom Binns performs in the comedy round-up

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

Front Row at the Edinburgh Festival

Jesse Jackson: 'Can you imagine a state in Germany having the right to fly a Nazi flag?'

Jazz Line-Up: Closing set from the Darius Brubeck Quartet