The historic port district – and setting for Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting – has evolved into a cultural and culinary hub. In the first of a new series, a local resident visits the venues powering the ...

Britain, the 1980s. Thatcher. Black Monday. Riots. Strikes. Racism. In 1984, George Orwell’s 1984 became a bestseller again, slotting right into the nightmarish dystopia it had predicted. As ...

Scottish writer Irvine Welsh is best known for his slang-laced tales of existential debauchery in the damp, booze-soaked climes of his native Edinburgh (the most famous of those being Trainspotting).

Irvine Welsh is pointing up to the second floor of a grey stone building in Leith, the port district of Edinburgh. As he gets ready to publish a sequel to his 1993 cult novel Trainspotting, the author ...

Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh says he no longer has to sit in the pub to hear the dark, drink-sodden thoughts of his neighbours for inspiration – he just visits social media. The Scottish novelist ...

Irvine Welsh is releasing a disco album. The 66-year-old novelist, playwright, and screenwriter - who is best known for his 1993 tome 'Trainspotting', which was adapted into the cult-classic film of ...

Irvine Welsh was born in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. When *Trainspotting* was published in 1993 Irvine Welsh shot to fame. Since Danny Boyle's film adaptation of *Trainspotting* was released in ...

Trainspotting writer Irvine Welsh has said that he wrote a transgender character into Season 2 of Crime to show how people are struggling with their identity in the modern world. The Dougray Scott ...

Cineflix Rights has inked a slew of new sales for Irvine Welsh’s Crime, starring Dougray Scott. The series, adapted by author Irvine Welsh from his own novel, has been acquired by Movistar Plus+ ...

TRAINSPOTTING author Irvine Welsh has revealed he doesn't believe in marriage - even though he has tied the knot three times. The 66-year-old writer says his first two marriages were pragmatic whereas ...

UK band Warmduscher have announced their fifth album, Too Cold to Hold, which will be out November 15 via Strap Originals. After working with Hot Chip and Dan Carey on previous albums, the band’s Ben ...