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Like being an actor, comedian and columnist isn't enough, Ricky's first guest Helen Lederer adds novelist to her list of achievements. Helen speaks about her family history, tackling her first novel, and being a woman in the male dominated world of comedy.

Can we take the Bible both seriously and literally? That is a question being asked at a Just Festival event in Edinburgh this week. Ricky opens up that conversation with Fred Drummond, National Director of the Evangelical Alliance in Scotland, and Rev Scott McKenna, Minister at Mayfield Salisbury Church in Edinburgh.

Last week Archbishop Philip Tartaglia, on behalf of all the Bishops of Scotland, apologised to survivors of abuse that happened within the Catholic Church. What led to this public apology was the publication of the McLellan Commission report. Ricky is joined by Chair of the Commission, the Very Reverend Dr Andrew McLellan.

Rae McGrath, Country Director for Mercy Corps for North Syria and Turkey, talks about watching Syria unravel during the course of this bloody and devastating war. The campaigner and specialist in humanitarian response in war and earthquake zones, explains how his work highlighting the devastation wrought by landmines earned him a Nobel Peace Prize.

Stories of Yazidi women and girls being captured by IS have caused much shock and concern. Now some of those women who've managed to escape have become the subject of an exhibition, A Mile in Their Shoes. Fiona Stewart, from Foolproof Creative Arts, has a look around the exhibition and reports back.

And as Fiona is putting a show on at the festival - Help Yourself - she shares the challenges of getting political or human rights issues across in art.

Gareth K Vile, our resident reviewer at the festivals in Edinburgh, explores shows that push boundaries and gives us his festival highlights.