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

Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Top Secret Drum Corps

Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: A Bollywood Love Story

Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Massed Pipes and Drums

Cabaret Acrobat, Danik Abishev

Poetry Slam Grand Final: Scott Tyrrell

Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn

Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival

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

Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness

Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes

Sylvie Guillem on life after dance

Fred MacAulay's five festival picks

Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences