2014 Edinburgh International Book Festival

From Rags to Cultural Riches Best known in the UK as a dispassionate commentator on Newsnight Review and Question Time, even when sitting beside the leader of the BNP, Bonnie Greer has now unveiled the first volume of her memoirs, A Parallel Life. In this event she talks to Ruth Wishart about her tough upbringing and how it feels to be the key character in a real-life rags to riches story.