In The Distance at Summerhall, Ben Norris turns the gruelling solitude of cross-country running into a sweat-soaked, poignant portrait of ambition.

Colm Tóibín and barrister Philippe Sands confront Argentina's Dirty War, Pinochet’s arrest, and global justice on the Book Festival's final day.

Douglas Stuart talks island fiction, Gordon Buchanan recalls polar bears, and Iona Zajac sings: Day 15 of the Book Festival with Michael Pedersen.

Colm Tóibín shares writing wisdom and signs Claire Keegan's book, while Ali Smith pairs her Seasonal Quartet with modern chamber music at Greyfriars Kirk.

Inside Greyfriars Kirk, poet Len Pennie and composer Paul Leonard-Morgan turn personal anguish into luminous art with cinematic strings and sharp Scots banter.