Edinburgh Festival is great but I’m more excited about Hibs - Reality is Not Enough, a documentary about the Trainspotting author and his take on consciousness, will close the International Film ...

The writer Irvine Welsh, actor Hugh Bonneville, comedian Michael Palin and former politician Nick Clegg have been confirmed ...

Writers reveals the impact of his father dying when he was in his twenties and how his mum kept his 'ego' in check after he found success.

Welsh, 66, believes the former first minister was wrong in her attempts to allow people to self-identify as women while she was in government.

The 66-year-old Trainspotting author tells Scotland Tonight he doesn't dwell on leaving a legacy and explains why he doesn't ...

The author has now written a sequel, picking up where Trainspotting left off and catching up with the exploits of the gang. The writer speaks to Katie Razzall about class, the way music influences his ...

Irvine Welsh has had a highly formative influence on a whole generation’s love of music, perhaps as much as their love of ...

Men in Love, a doorstopper nodding to DH Lawrence, is a proper, traditional novel, intricately weaving multiple lives and ...

Having already written a prequel and several sequels to his scabrous 1993 debut, Irvine Welsh has returned once more to the adventures of Renton, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie, like a habit he just can’t ...

Especially music. Welsh was born in Leith, Edinburgh, where most of Trainspotting takes place. His father was a dockworker, his mother a waitress whose cooking Welsh once compared to waterboarding.

Irvine Welsh's drama Crime left viewers 'curious' about the transgender plot, two months after the actor said criticism of JK Rowling left him 'deeply uncomfortable'.

Authors Bret Easton Ellis and Irvine Welsh are teaming up to co-create the press satire series 'American Tabloid.' By Alex Ritman U.K. Correspondent With the working title American Tabloid, the ...