Simon McBurney on visiting the Amazon

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

Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'

Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences

Claire Fuller and Nick Holdstock at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Kirsty Logan finds inspiration in the North East coast of Scotland

Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Bernat Klein and Kwang Young Chun at Dovecot Gallery

Jesse Jackson on the Black Lives Matter movement

George the Poet reads See You on the Other Side

Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare

Jazz Line-Up: Alison Affleck sings Billie Holiday

Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle