The 53-year-old, who shot to fame as heroin addict Renton in Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting, has outlined his proposals to ...

This epithet was added to the back cover of Pratchett's next book. Paulin's broadside sums it up. While the likes of William Burroughs and Irvine Welsh can break the form of the novel and be ...

which will be wolfed down by readers of Irvine Welsh, Percival Everett, Rachel Kushner and RF Kuang.” Shang called the book "a searing and anarchic satire of the climate crisis and the ...

Still Game's Boaby the Barman is set to swap the Clansman for the Greenock stage this week. Actor Gavin Mitchell, famed for playing the put-upon publican in the huge BBC comedy hit, is taking centre ...

The future of Glasgow's UNESCO City of Music status Big screen talent announced for Glasgow Film Festival 2025 Irvine Welsh unveiled as headliner for Paisley Book Festival "Our Celtic roots are ...

Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been cleared in a police investigation into the SNP's finances.

"has documented nearly 16,000 book bans in public schools nationwide since 2021, a number not seen since the Red Scare McCarthy era of the 1950s." FRANCE 24's Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome ...

JK Rowling and Irvine Welsh all having lived in the city. It's no surprise, then, that many amazing writers have found inspiration in Auld Reekie’s numerous watering holes. Take a look through ...

James McAvoy is absolutely unhinged in Edinburgh-set black comedy Filth, which is based on Irvine Welsh's 1998 novel of ... When a beautiful pop-up book he wanted to give to his aunt in her ...

The breed has been added to the Rare Breeds Survival Trust’s watchlist for priority action to conserve the animals.

In the planning of a move from his long-time Paris apartment during the winter of 1938-39, James Joyce radically downsized ...