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Ian Rankin - Doors Open

Ian Rankin - Doors Open

(4 stars)18 Sep 2008

CRIME NOVEL After 18 novels, John Rebus retired in his last outing, Exit Music. Whether the detective inspector will return is unclear, but in the meantime Ian Rankin is having some fun spreading his authorial wings. This heist story was first…

Festival frenzy as Edinburgh gears up for August

3 Jul 2008

With just three weeks until Edinburgh officially takes its place in the spotlight as one of the world's greatest cultural playgrounds, festival news and views have been coming in thick and fast. Perhaps most contentious is the news that after capturing…

Edinburgh International Book Festival

Sean Connery to appear as part of Edinburgh International Book Festival 2008 programme

12 Jun 2008

Catherine Lockerbie today celebrated 25 years of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, announcing the biggest and most international programme ever. The packed series of literary and political events taking place in Charlotte Square Gardens this…

Rankin in the doghouse

14 Apr 2008

Ian Rankin has admitted to a 'romp' with a young writer at the British Book Awards last Wednesday, 9 April. The Daily Record reports that the author, 47, shared a drunken kiss with the woman, 26, at a post-awards party in full view of other guests, and…

Scottish Opera - Five:15

Scottish Opera - Five:15

28 Feb 2008

Think opera, and it’s usually think big. At 15 hours in total, for instance, the four operas that make up Wagner’s Ring are very definitely tipping the overblown end of the scale. Proving that the genre doesn’t always have to be of such towering…

Ian Rankin Honoured with Handprint Sculpture

28 Feb 2008

Ian Rankin has had his handprints sculpted into a piece of Caithness stone to acknowledge his status as one of the city’s leading ambassadors. Interested parties can see it for themselves at the courtyard of Edinburgh’s City Chambers on the Royal Mile.

ITV axes Rebus

22 Feb 2008

ITV has reportedly pulled the plug on Edinburgh-set detective drama Rebus. It is believed that the broadcaster is not keen to continue the Ian Rankin drama without Ken Stott, who says he doesn't want to continue in the role. John Hannah played the…

Hitting the right note

Hitting the right note

15 Nov 2007

Scottish Opera supremo Alex Reedijk has officially launched the company’s Five:15 programme, which features such Scottish talent as Grace Notes author Bernard MacLaverty and Rebus creator Ian Rankin (pictured) working alongside such musical talents as…

Rankin with painting by John Bellany

Ian Rankin's favourite culture snacks

1 Nov 2007

My 15-year-old son and I have a weekly pilgrimage where we go into HMV, Virgin, Game, Game Station and Waterstone’s. He gets his games and magazines and I get my CDs, DVDs, books, magazines, newspapers. That’s all I spend my money on. That and…

Ian Rankin

Crime Scene: Edinburgh - the Ian Rankin exhibition

1 Nov 2007

There’s a pleasing circularity to this exhibition at the National Library. Ian Rankin wrote much of Knots and Crosses, the first Rebus book, in the reading room here, thanks to a PhD thesis on Muriel Spark that fell by the wayside. With Rankin’s famed…

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