Day two, Sunday morning, started rather appropriately with a discussion between two authors, one a former bishop, touching on matters of morality and religion.

The exiled former president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, unexpectedly arrived in Scotland last night with plans to highlight the issue of Catalan independence.

The Beyond Borders festival brings a weekend of discussion and cultural exchange to Scotland this August – ahead of their event on 100 years of votes for women, we talk to Jodi Rudoren and Talat Yaqoob.

By  2018,  slavery  is illegal  in every country,  yet there are an estimated  46 million slaves  worldwide.  Despite this dystopian reality, for many, the idea of modern slavery...

A young girl peers out from a line of women waiting for food and water in Mosul, a crowd gathers to watch a cockfight in Cuba, and an...

VISITORS to the Beyond Borders International Festival at Traquair House next month will be able to take part in free guided bike rides.

CommonSpace interviews former CIA spy Valerie Plame, discussing the lead up to the Iraq War, her illegal exposure and the consequences for the future

The Beyond Borders International Festival opened with its usual sense of excitement and anticipation.

Valerie Plame and her husband, Joseph Wilson, arrive for a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. Image © 2006 Lawrence Jackson/Associated Press   Thanks to...

Former CIA operative Valerie Plame, historian William Dalrymple and authors Magnus Linklater, Richard Holloway and Stuart Kelly will be among the headliners at Traquair House on August 25 and 26.