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Janice Forsyth talks to writer Kate Mosse about her new novel The Taxidermist's Daughter - research for which involved learning how to skin a crow.

This summer, artist Katie Paterson planted a forest of trees, to be harvested in a hundred years time to provide paper for a library of books which will be written over the next century. She tells Janice about her Future Library, and about a current exhibition featuring artwork which has been blasted into space.

Archivist Kirstie Meehan explains why she's putting together an exhibition of X-rated art at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.

Author Cormac James transports us to the Arctic, as his new book is inspired by 19th century voyages through the ice. And DC Jackson on his new play about to open at Edinburgh's Lyceum Theatre, Kill Johnny Glendenning - a gangster revenge comedy set in deepest Ayrshire.