Addiction has been a recurring theme in Irvine’s work, in part drawing from his own life. He was a heroin user for about two years in his youth. He calls it “a learning experience that you can ...

Irvine Welsh has announced that a new sequel to his ... "Men In Love", and will follow the characters of Renton, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie as they try to leave heroin behind and choose love ...

Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh's grim, gripping and darkly amusing debut novel, introduced the world to Edinburgh drug users Renton, Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie. Now, the award-winning Scottish ...

Back top deck wi Begbie, tae intimidate wideos, back bottom wi Sick Boy tae leer at lassies. Life has its simple codes. – This is gaunny be so much fun, Sick Boy says, and rubs his hands thegither.

It's back to the 90s... Trainspotting duo Danny Boyle and writer Irvine Welsh are reuniting to bring music mogul Alan McGee's biography to life on the big screen. Based on The Creation Records ...

Edinburgh writer Irvine Welsh has confirmed he will publish a new sequel to Trainspotting which will see his iconic characters return. The 66-year-old novelist is set to continue the life stories of ...