Join Mike Lewis to hear about the origins and colourful history of Edinburgh International Festival. Mike will recount how an Austrian refugee, an English landowner and a war-time civil defence chief joined forces to create, out of the ruins and chaos of a world at war, what was to become a world-class festival of music and drama.
Speaker
Mike Lewis
Mike Lewis is a retired journalist. During his career, he wrote for the Scotsman, the Guardian and the Independent, as well as for a number of American publications. Since moving to Edinburgh from his native London some 40 years ago, he has developed a keen interest in Scottish and Edinburgh history, and now gives talks on those subjects to local clubs and societies. He is also a volunteer Royal Mile guide with the EFVGA.
