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

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

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

Sylvie Guillem on life after dance

Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Top Secret Drum Corps

Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney

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

Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences

Jazz Line-Up: Corrina Hewat and Dave Milligan

Poetry Slam Grand Final: Scott Tyrrell

Stuart Evers and Dorthe Nors at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Claire Fuller and Nick Holdstock at Edinburgh International Book Festival