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    Fiction is a way of telling the truth – Ali Smith in Edinburgh

    Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, interviews the experimental novelist at book festival event
    by Charlotte Higgins Chief culture writer Aug 21, 2018 2 minutes
    Ali Smith on Nicola Sturgeon: ‘I can’t imagine sitting next to any other politician who actually reads books.’ Photograph: Pako Mera/Rex/Shutterstock

    Maybe it is because of the Scottish Reformation. Maybe it is because of the Scottish Enlightenment. Maybe it is because of all those universities founded in a tiny country in the Middle Ages. Whatever the reason, audiences at the Edinburgh international book festival were treated to a sight unthinkable in England: a senior politician interviewing an experimental novelist

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