More than 2,400 people have attended events at the Scottish Parliament's Festival of Politics

Veteran Labour politician Tam Dalyell was among the speakers at the four-day event

There was a musical flavour as next year's Highland Year of Culture was the subject for debate

Satirist Armando Iannucci was interviewed by Peter MacMahon of The Scotsman

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell spoke to Douglas Fraser about his life in politics

The range of events on offer included a treasure hunt at Holyrood

Actress Dr Tommie Stewart took centre stage when she performed in Remembering Slavery on Friday

Asian language musical group Sangeet Mala brought a taste of Bollywood to Holyrood

Six teams of students competed in an event where they were given control over Scotland's purse strings and challenged to set a budget