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

Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber

Luke Wright performs Have a Gong

Dean Owens sings Delia's Gone

Kathryn Joseph sings The Bird

Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone

Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes

Kathryn Joseph sings The Worm

Phill Jupitus, Alan Cox and Marcus Brigstocke

Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J

Harriet Kemsley, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing

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

Kirsty Logan finds inspiration in the North East coast of Scotland

Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse

George the Poet reads His Mistakes

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

Simon McBurney: Welcome to the jungle

Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Massed Pipes and Drums