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Irvine Welsh Has Been Writing to a Beat Since ‘Trainspotting.’ Now, He’s Making Disco

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 ...
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“Let’s dance away the heartache or die trying”: Irvine Welsh is releasing a disco album

Irvine Welsh, the author – still, after all these years - best known for Trainspotting, is to release a disco album. Yes, you heard that right. It’s called Men In Love and it’s a companion piece to a ...
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Edinburgh Film Festival To Close With Paul Sng’s Doc On Irvine Welsh ‘Reality Is Not Enough’

This year’s Edinburgh Film Festival (EIFF) will close with Reality Is Not Enough, the latest documentary feature from Paul Sng. The film is an exploration of Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh. The ...
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‘Trainspotting’ Author Irvine Welsh Is Worried We’re Becoming Slaves of the Tech Age

“It’s not really about debate and discussion, discourse, community anymore,” the Scottish writer warned at London's Voiced: The Festival for Endangered Languages. “We have to watch the technology, and ...
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Paul Sng On Avoiding Fan Service In His Immersive Documentary Portrait Of ‘Trainspotting’ Novelist Irvine Welsh: “I Didn’t Want To Make A Hagiography” — Edinburgh

The year’s Edinburgh Film Festival will end, just like it did in 2023, with a feature documentary on the cult Scottish writer Irvine Welsh, best known for the Trainspotting novels. As a factoid, that ...