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16 days ago

The author discusses his writing, the movies it created and his own youth, but not all the interviewees in this documentary are quite so gripping

Here, in addition to Paul Sng’s recent documentary abo…

31 days ago

The historic port district – and setting for Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting – has evolved into a cultural and culinary hub. In the first of a new series, a local resident visits the venues powering the…

88 days ago

‘I spent the 90s with Pam – clubbing and partying in the way those times demanded. What I saw was a truly groundbreaking artist, and a life marked by independence, courage and kindness’

• Pam Hogg, fa…

6 months ago

Paul Sng’s documentary finds the Trainspotting author as funny, sharp and unrepentant as ever – from boyhood in Leith to globetrotting fame and a hallucinogenic trip in Canada

No one would reject the …

Zadie Smith, Michael Rosen, Irvine Welsh and Jeanette Winterson sign letter calling for Israel boycott

More than 200 writers request cessation of all trade until people of Gaza given adequate food, water and aid

  • Middle East crisis – live updates

Zadie Smith, Michael Rosen, Irvine Welsh and Jeanette Wint…

Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The user-friendly short chapter format of Nicci Cloke’s Her Many Faces, design…

7 months ago

Three decades on from the author’s breakthrough debut, why are we still trapped in the Trainspotting moment?

It has been more than 30 years since Irvine Welsh published Trainspotting. To put that in p…

Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh's sequel is called Men in Love, as the 'world is full of hate'.

11 months ago

‘We spent £100,000 doing a gig in a scout hut!’ The Beta Band on debt, disastrous decisions – and their defiant comeback

Fiercely original and stunning live, they should have been massive – but they imploded. As the Scots return, they relive disowning their debut album, blowing Top of the Pops – and getting shocks off …

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