John Pilger
Radical, passionate and often controversial, John Pilger is one of the most important free spirits in worldwide journalism and filmmaking. In these video highlights from his 2007 event, he talks about the long shadow of imperialism, hidden censorship and enforced silence in key areas of the world.
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Maggie O'Farrell: Loves, Labours, Loss
Ross Benjamin & Daniel Kehlmann: When History Prefigures Our Own Times
Kathryn Briggs: Art and Resistance
Grant Morrison (2013 event)
Ian Rankin at the 2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival
Ma Jian talks to André Naffis-Sahely at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Éric Vuillard & Mark Polizzotti with Amelia Gentleman
Reverend Jesse Jackson (2015 Event)
David George Haskell: The Call of the Wild
Michel Faber (2010 event)