Euan McColm on Edinburgh's Elite

Euan McColm has a great piece on the faux 'edginess' of the Edinburgh book festival.

"Jenny Niven’s book festival is as difficult and edgy as an Ocado delivery. Its hand-wringing theme of “repair” studiously ignores the damage wrought on the literary world by the activist views and behaviour of many of those booked to participate."

Far from being somewhere to discuss controversial topics the key players seem to be scratching each other's backs.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14973581/EUAN-McCOLM-Book-festival-doomed-thanks-cowardice-chief-women-wont-wheesht.html









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