Author walks out of Edinburgh book festival over sponsor's fossil fuel links

Activist Mikaela Loach staged protest over investment firm's 'bankrolling' of the climate crisisA leading climate crisis author has staged a walkout at the Edinburgh international book festival in protest at its sponsor's links to fossil fuel companies.The author and climate activist Mikaela Loach interrupted a discussion about changing the climate narrative on Saturday evening to lead a demonstration about the festival's main sponsor, the investment company Baillie Gifford. Continue reading...