Janet Christie

Janet Christie argues that musicians should do their very best to get old before they die

The broadcaster and women’s rights activist makes her Fringe debut with a show that aims to ‘normalise the normal’ with laughter and liberation.

As he prepares to open the Edinburgh International Festival with All Rise, a 12-movement jazz symphony, the acclaimed trumpeter and composer talks about collaboration and hope, his connection to Scotland, not least through his wife, violinist and EIF director Nicola Benedetti, and the fun of working with 200 musicians and singers for the Usher Hall concert

Matt Haig’s latest book, The Midnight Train, is his first love story. He spoke to Janet Christie about the novel’s themes and how he has learned to cope with his diagnosis of ADHD and autism.

The star of Cathy talks about the role which was written for her by Eilidh Loan, the importance of representing working-class women authentically and the seam of humour that sits alongside tragedy.

With The Incomer at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and Miss Jean Brodie in the National Theatre of Scotland’s revival, the star of Cabaret on Broadway and House of the Dragon talks about life in America, finding her characters and how the political extremism of the 1930s is being replicated today

Stars of stage and screen make the capital the perfect place to come face to face with celebrity

Stars of stage and screen make the capital the perfect place to come face to face with celebrity

Jason Byrne is on fire with 30 Years Byrning at this year’s Edinburgh Festival as he returns to the city that started his career.

The legendary front man wants to ‘be among friends’ in Scotland now that he’s back to full health