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 credited the “verbal culture” of Edinburgh as a major influence on his storytelling at the launch of his new documentary in the city. The Trainspotting author, 64, said his film Choose ...

A movie based on record executive Alan McGee is in the works with “Trainspotting” author Irvine Welsh writing the script. Kaleidoscope Film Distribution will handle worldwide sales on the feature film ...

ACADEMICS warmly welcome the release of each thoroughly comprehensive volume in what has become a chronological range of Welsh writing in English to surpass anything that has come before. ACADEMICS ...