During August 2018, I was the in-house journalist at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, responsible for providing a succession of press releases based on festival events I attended.
Here are links to the 50+ PRs I wrote during those 17 days in Charlotte Square Gardens...
The ‘American Dream’ is much better than we think; ‘America First’ is much worse.
Future Success of India is in Services Sector, says Professor Lord Nicholas Stern
The more she’s personally attacked, the more empowered Gina Miller actually feels
The Clever Money in the World is very quiet — and most likely exchanged in Dollars.
Nixon Helped Save Vital Dinosaur Fossil Site
Brett Anderson’s ‘overt femininity’ was his way of dealing with the loss of very strong women in his life.
Ann Cleeves loves watching ‘Shetland’ TV series to find out what happens next
The 2008 global ‘banking heart attack’ was a systemic ‘Cuban Missile Crisis’ event according to Adam Tooze
‘Black on Black Violence’ is being used as a weapon against the other 99% of Black people in London who are not going to kill anyone, says Akala.
Robots Are Neither Out To Get Us Nor After Our Jobs.
Picasso’ family has an obligation to protect and promote the artist’s work.
A second EU referendum, without a significant shift in the polls, would put British democracy at risk, says Robert Peston.
Dull Margaret was an ‘absolute delight’ for Jim Broadbent.
Increased ‘marketisation’ of Higher Education will inevitably lead to universities falling into bankruptcy.
Corbyn’s ‘Momentum’ is ‘malice dressed as virtue’, says former MP Alan Johnson.
Rachel Carson’s poetic approach to marine science may well be a thing of the past.
Doing Strictly ‘completely changed the way I look at me’, says Susan Calman
Trump is a ‘symptom’ of the ‘search for brutal simplicities’
Early Christians were responsible for the ‘largest desecration of art’ up to that point of history.
Muriel Spark is still Scotland’s greatest living writer, says Ali Smith.
Fiction is ‘one of our ways to get to truths that are really difficult to talk about,’ says author Ali Smith.
Chelsea Clinton feels ‘protective’ of 12-year-old Barron Trump—regardless of what his father, Donald Trump, does.
Tony ‘Mr Arsenal’ Adams’ 2010 offer to help his old club was knocked back – which he took as a compliment.
Understanding how our brains work is vital for our mental health, suggests Ruby Wax.
Music is more important than anything, says Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson.
A ‘different conversation’ is needed to ensure a fit-for-purpose 21st Century Welfare System.
Freedom is your own ‘feeling of fighting for yourself’, says Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina
The More Honest We Are About Death, The Kinder We Are, According to Actor Greg Wise.
‘We don’t seem to have that many politicians who are even good at doing politics,’ says Sky News political correspondent Lewis Goodall.
The Threats Democracy Faces Today are Not Identical to those in the 1930s.
Medicine is a ‘profession in crisis’, but we can afford a properly-funded NHS, says former junior doctor Adam Kay.
When our fears medicalised, safety culture leads to a lack of judgement and responsibility, says leading sociologist.
‘Quirky’ Gerry Adams ‘is political by nature’, according to unofficial biographer.
New Rebus TV series in development, written by ‘Black Watch’ playwright Gregory Burke.
Scottish 3D photography pioneer is ‘underestimated and under-rated’, according to Queen’s Brian May.
Love is possible across the cultural divide, but there are always challenges.
Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, was 15 years old the first time she met her father in prison.
Corbyn must change approach to Anti-semitism, says Gordon Brown.
Britain needs to overcome a ‘wilful ignorance’ about its racial history, says Afua Hirsch.
A second Referendum on final Brexit deal is ‘only way’ to repair the damage of the 2016 vote, says Richard Dawkins.
Black authors are still expected to ‘dissect’ the issue of race says Diana Evans at Edinburgh International Book Festival
Two State Solution is the only answer to the Palestine/Israel question, says journalist and author Ian Black at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
'Born dissenter’ Rose McGowan bided her time in Hollywood.
President Trump’s relationship with Putin’s Russia is ‘the biggest scandal since Watergate,’ says investigative journalist Luke Harding at Edinburgh International Book Festival
Capitalism needs to find a new 21st century narrative in order to survive, says BBC’s Economics Editor Kamal Ahmed at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Adam Smith would have understood the 2008 Financial Crash, says author Jesse Norman at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Hierarchy of Language power-imbalance is ‘killing the continent’ of Africa, according to revered novelist and playwright Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
“Strong Female Characters Don’t Require Weak Males, Insists Philip Pullman.
Muriel Spark ‘Changed the writing expected of Women’.
First published by the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
