"Spirit of the Fringe"

Reading

Childhood

Writing Books for her Daughter

Scarlet Umbrella

The Characters

Playing Instruments

Q&A

Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents

Simple Minds, tower blocks, chainsaws and Faust

Alexei Sayle on life and 'inventing' British comedy

Rappers: Ransom FA

Edinburgh Nights: Richard Wilson and Angus Deayton

First ever fun run

Scott Tyrrell: Bad Dad!

Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America

Tim Burgess: What happened when I asked Lou Reed for an autograph

How it feels to get flyered for your own show