Spencer Jones, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing

Liz Lochhead: Credo for working in Scottish theatre

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

Liz Lochhead: How To Be a Romantic Poet

Tom Binns performs in the comedy round-up

Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'

George the Poet reads See You on the Other Side

Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes

Stuart Evers and Dorthe Nors at Edinburgh International Book Festival

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

Sylvie Guillem on life after dance

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

Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences