Mhairi Black

Nicola Sturgeon in conversation at the Edinburgh festival

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It has been a quiet festival season for Scottish politicians. Time was when you could barely swing a canvas tote bag in Edinburgh without hitting some MSP or MP paddling in the shallow end of showbusiness. This year? Hardly any. Mhairi Black tried her hand at stand-up to mixed reviews, while Nicola Sturgeon set up her stall at the book festival. Last Sunday the former First Minister interviewed Paul Lynch about his Booker Prize-winning novel, Prophet Song, a dystopian tale about a mother struggling to keep her family together in a fascist Ireland.

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