Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse

Mark Steel talks politics and comedy

Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn

Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle

George the Poet at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Stuart Evers and Dorthe Nors at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Kathryn Joseph sings The Worm

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 reads from his novel J

Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Massed Pipes and Drums

Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation