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Muriel Spark: Crème de la Crème event, Jan 2018

Muriel Spark: Crème de la Crème event, Usher Hall, 31 January 2018

Muriel Spark: Crème de la Crème event, Usher Hall, 31 January 2018

© Alan McCredie

Muriel Spark: Crème de la Crème event, Usher Hall, 31 January 2018
Alexander McCall Smith, Rosemary Goring, Alan Taylor and Ian Rankin
Full house at the Usher Hall
Alan Taylor and Rosemary Goring host the event
The night ends with a recording of Muriel Spark at the 2004 Edinburgh International Book Festival
Muriel Spark: Crème de la Crème event, Usher Hall, 31 January 2018: © Alan McCredie
  • Muriel Spark: Crème de la Crème event, Usher Hall, 31 January 2018 | © Alan McCredie
  • Alexander McCall Smith, Rosemary Goring, Alan Taylor and Ian Rankin | © Alan McCredie
  • Full house at the Usher Hall | © Alan McCredie
  • Book Festival Director Nick Barley introduces the event | © Alan McCredie
  • Alan Taylor and Rosemary Goring host the event | © Alan McCredie
  • Alan Taylor and Rosemary Goring host the event | © Alan McCredie
  • First Minister Nicola Sturgeon reads from 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' | © Alan McCredie
  • First Minister Nicola Sturgeon reads from 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' | © Alan McCredie
  • First Minister Nicola Sturgeon reads from 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' | © Alan McCredie
  • First Minister Nicola Sturgeon reads from 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' | © Alan McCredie
  • First Minister Nicola Sturgeon reads from 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' | © Alan McCredie
  • Alexander McCall Smith reads a poem written specially for the event, 'Remember Muriel Spark' | © Alan McCredie
  • Alexander McCall Smith reads a poem written specially for the event, 'Remember Muriel Spark' | © Alan McCredie
  • Alan Taylor hosts the event | © Alan McCredie
  • Actor Moyo Akande reads from 'The Girls of Slender Means' | © Alan McCredie
  • Royal Lyceum Theatre Artistic Director David Greig introduces extracts from Spark's only play 'Doctors of Philosophy' | © Alan McCredie
  • Extracts from 'Doctors of Philosophy', Spark's only play, performed by cast from the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh | © Alan McCredie
  • Extracts from 'Doctors of Philosophy', Spark's only play, performed by cast from the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh | © Alan McCredie
  • Extracts from 'Doctors of Philosophy', Spark's only play, performed by cast from the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh | © Alan McCredie
  • Extracts from 'Doctors of Philosophy', Spark's only play, performed by cast from the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh | © Alan McCredie
  • Ian Rankin reads from 'What Images Return', an essay by Muriel Spark | © Alan McCredie
  • Ian Rankin reads from 'What Images Return', an essay by Muriel Spark | © Alan McCredie
  • Alan Taylor hosts the event | © Alan McCredie
  • Alan Taylor hosts the event | © Alan McCredie
  • Alan Taylor hosts the event | © Alan McCredie
  • Actor Anne Kidd reads from 'Tuscany by Chance', an essay by Muriel Spark | © Alan McCredie
  • Alan Taylor hosts the event | © Alan McCredie
  • Rosemary Goring reads from 'A Far Cry from Kensington' | © Alan McCredie
  • Alan Taylor and Rosemary Goring host the event | © Alan McCredie
  • The night ends with a recording of Muriel Spark at the 2004 Edinburgh International Book Festival | © Alan McCredie
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