Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J

Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood

Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes

Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Top Secret Drum Corps

Jazz Line-Up: Darius Brubeck Quartet

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

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

Kirsty Logan finds inspiration in the North East coast of Scotland

Michael Che, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing

Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Jazz Line-Up: Alison Affleck sings Billie Holiday

Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone