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Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh backs campaign to save Scots library

TRAINSPOTTING author Irvine Welsh has backed a campaign to save a Scots library that faces being shut down. The Glasgow community action group Save Whiteinch...

Irvine Welsh brands Boris Johnson a “gormless toff” over European Super League comments

TRAINSPOTTING author Irvine Welsh has branded Boris Johnson a "gormless toff" in response to his comments about the European Super League. The Scot lashed out...

Message from the Skies returns to Edinburgh

A free event promising a journey of discovery through Edinburgh's streets returns this month, as part of Scotland's Year of Coasts and Waters 2020. Message...

Trainspotting author brands Parcelforce “Parcelfarce” after driver returns to depot without knocking

TRAINSPOTTING author Irvine Welsh has branded Parcelforce as "Parcelfarce" after a delivery driver stuck a card through his door while he was home. The Scottish...

Choose Broadway. Choose Trainspotting. Choose to storm out, disgusted. Choose a lawyer…

AN American theatre-goer was so disgusted by Trainspotting live that she stormed out, screaming: "We are decent people!" The woman even threatened to involve lawyers...

Choose novels: Irvine Welsh claims books are dying out

TRAINSPOTTING author Irvine Welsh has claimed the novel is dying out and has questioned whether “humans need stories anymore?” The 58-year-old best-selling author feels that...

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