The articles are in either typescript and published format and are noted as such. The published articles are from a variety of serial publications. The entries are arranged into two sequences: ‘Edinburgh and Edinburgh festivals’, ‘language and literature’, and ‘film and television’. Within each sequence, the entries are arranged alphabetically by the title of the periodical.

Articles, 1997-2017, by Ian on Edinburgh and Edinburgh Festivals. Folios 1-72.

Press cutting and photocopy of an article, 31 July 1999, ‘An Edinburgh romance’, by Ian Rankin on the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, from ‘The Daily Telegraph’. 2 copies. Folios 1-5.

Typescript of an article, 'Kidnapped and Edinburgh', February 2007, by Ian Rankin, written for ‘The Guardian’. Folios 6-8.

Press cutting of an article, November 2009, ‘Ian Rankin’s Edinburgh’, by Ian Rankin on Edinburgh, from ‘Lonely Planet’ magazine. Folios 9-14.

Press cutting and photocopy of an article, 27 April 2003, ‘The case for Edinburgh’, by Ian Rankin on Edinburgh, from ‘Mail on Sunday’. 2 copies. Includes note to Rankin from Susan Gray. Folios 15-17.

Article, 25 August 2003, ‘What’s hot in the city’, by Ian Rankin, about Edinburgh during the Festival, from ‘New Statesman’. Folios 18-41.

Annotated typescript of an article, 2003, ‘Plus special guests’, by Ian Rankin on Edinburgh during the Festival, with author’s annotations. Published 25 August 2003 as ‘What’s hot in the city’. Includes email to Rankin from Helen Richardson at Orion Publishing. Folios 42-45.

Press cutting of an article, 11 April 1999, 'A Scottish Journey', by Ian Rankin, from ‘The Observer’; with related working notes. Folios 46-53.

Photocopy of an article, 1 August 2015, ‘Ian Rankin’s Edinburgh’, by Ian Rankin on Edinburgh, from ‘Reader's Digest’. Folios 54-61.

Typescript (in email) of an article, 3 February 2005, by Ian Rankin on the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, for the ‘Royal Museum Newsletter’. Email sent to Nicholas Basden. Folios 62-63.

Press cutting of an article, 4 December 1997, ‘Capital murders’, by Ian Rankin on Edinburgh and his writing, in ‘The Scotsman’. Folio 64.

Annotated typescript of an article, August 2005, 'Ian Rankin on Edinburgh', by Ian Rankin for the ‘Sunday Times’, with author's annotations. Folios 65-68.

Press cutting of an article, 17 August 2017, ‘In defence of my city’, by Ian Rankin on Edinburgh and the Fringe Festival, from ‘Sunday Times Magazine’. Folios 69-72.

Articles, 1985-2017, by Ian Rankin on language and literature. Folios 73-112.

Press cutting of an article, 2017, by Ian Rankin on the Edinburgh University library, in ‘Edit’ magazine, Summer 2017 issue. Folio 73.

Typescript of an article, 2017, by Ian Rankin on the Edinburgh University library, for ‘Edit’ magazine. Folio 74.

Annotated typescript of an article, 2010, by Ian Rankin on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde', for ‘The Guardian’, with author's annotations. Folios 75-77.

Typescript of an article in an email, 2001, by Ian Rankin on holiday book choices, for ‘The Independent’ Beach Reads. Folio 78.

Photocopy of an article, 'Surface and Structure: Reading Muriel Spark's The Driver's Seat', by Ian Rankin, from ‘The Journal of Narrative Technique’, [date] 1985. Folios 79-83.

Article, 2 August 2004, ‘My Holiday Read’, by Ian Rankin on Tolstoy's 'War and Peace', from ‘New Statesman’. Folios 84-107.

Photocopy of an article, 18 September 2002, ‘Not ready to be shelved just yet’, by Ian Rankin on words and the Oxford English Dictionary, in ‘The Times’. Folio 108.

Typescript of an article, 1999, by Ian Rankin for an unknown journal on the Booker Prize and other literary prizes. Folios 109-110.

Typescript of an article, 2000, 'Why the Short Story Matters’ by Ian Rankin, for an unknown journal. Folios 111-112.

Articles, 1998-2017, by Ian Rankin on film and television. Folios 113-137.

Press cutting of an article, ‘When putting a face to name can be a crime’, by Ian Rankin about the ITV television series 'Rebus', from ‘The Scotsman’, 30 January 1998. Also includes interview with Rankin about the same subject. Folio 113.

Typescript of an article, 2000, “On the Set of 'Inspector Rebus'”, by Ian Rankin on the ITV television series 'Rebus', for ‘The Sunday Times Ecosse’. Folios 114-128.

Press cutting and photocopy of an article, ‘Word Made Flesh’, by Ian Rankin, in ‘The Sunday Times Ecosse’, [date] 2000. This is the same article as the typescript, “On the Set of 'Inspector Rebus'” (folios 114-128). Folios 129-133.

Annotated typescript of an article, 2017, by Ian Rankin on Studio Canal films including 'The Man Who Fell To Earth', for ‘The Telegraph’, with author's annotations. Folios 134-137.