Everybody Loves Our Dollars – Edinburgh International Book Festival 2026

A note to say I’ll be up at the Edinburgh International Book Festival this year, launching my own new book The Last Emperor: Twilight of the Forbidden City (Elliot and Thompson) but also chatting to writer/journalist Oliver Bullough. Following his oligarch-busting Butler to the World, Oliver Bullough is now hanging the world’s dirty money out to dry. In Everybody Loves Our Dollars, Bullough suggests there’s never been a better time to be a criminal in the UK. Moving and hiding money couldn’t be easier, and despite efforts to legislate, it’s estimated as much as 5% of world GDP is on the grubbier side. This revelatory conversation brings a murky underworld into razor-sharp focus. If you’d like to come and join us for a conversation – it’s on 24/8/26 and more details and tickets here…