Anna Politkovskaya

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Anna Politkovskaya

17 Aug 2010

Marking the work of the assassinated Russian Journalist

The Book Festival is aiming to mark the work of the assassinated Russian journalist every year and in 2010, Charlotte Square Gardens opens its doors to Arch Tait, who translated her books, and Masha Karp, the London-based journo who works with the…

Further Edinburgh Book Festival highlights 2010

15 Jul 2010

In addition to events featuring Will Self, Heather Brooke and youth fiction-writers Tohby Riddle, John Green, Meg Rosoff, Cathy Cassidy there are plenty more highlights in the Edinburgh Book Festival programme.

Nothing But The Truth - Anna Politkovskaya

1 Feb 2010

In a world where the worst atrocities some journalists might face are their copy being ravaged by unscrupulous subeditors and unreasonable deadlines being imposed by cold-hearted commissioning editors, the fate of our kin abroad make such concerns seem…

Edinburgh vigil for Politkovskaya

16 Oct 2006

Amnesty to request investigation into death of Rus

The Scottish branch of Amnesty International is to hold a vigil in memory of Anna Politkovskaya in the capital. The campaigning Russian journalist and tenacious critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot dead in the stairwell of her apartment earlier…