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 ...

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 ...

EXCLUSIVE: Scottish author Irvine Welsh, best known for writing the original 1993 Trainspotting novel, has teamed with screenwriter Dean Cavanagh to write a biopic based on the life of notorious Ibiza ...

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 ...

While perusing the shelves of Princeton University’s Barnes & Noble this summer, I stumbled upon the Continuum International Publishing Group’s critical analysis of Irvine Welsh’s “Trainspotting.” ...

IT'S 20 years to the day since Welsh's tale of drug addiction and debauchery hit the big screen - take a trip down memory lane and try our special quiz to mark the occasion. TODAY marks two decades ...

Netflix’s 14 Peaks producer Noah Media Group has boarded a documentary on cult Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh and will shop the show at Mipcom Cannes next week. I Am Irvine Welsh, from LS Films, ...