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The award-winning Scottish writer Irvine Welsh speaks to Bookclub, presented by James Naughtie, about his era-defining 1993 debut, Trainspotting. Following a non-linear plot and written in Scots and Scots English, the novel is more of a collection of interconnected stories told from multiple viewpoints, all centred around a group of friends, who have become household names - Renton, Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie - as they battle, among other things, heroin addiction, poverty, and a burgeoning HIV/AIDS crisis. The novel had sold well over a million copies in the UK by the year 2015 and has been translated into thirty languages. The novel was turned into a 1996 film, often described as a modern classic, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Ewen Bremner and Kelly Macdonald. This episode was recorded at the Edinburgh International Books Festival in August 2026. Producer: Dominic Howell Editor: Gillian Wheelan This was a BBC Audio Scotland production.
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Send us Fan MailSplash Stories presents the ever creative Mull Historical Society (AKA Colin Macintyre). The show goes live 1st September 2026.With a new album and novel just around the corner, Colin Macintyre will be taking his latest works out on the road.With the release of his 10th studio album ‘In My Mind There's A Photograph', out now via the LNFG label; Colin also released the latest instalment of his The Mull Mysteries crime fiction series, ‘An Island Burning' earlier this year too.Marking the releases in style, the Scottish creative is planning a series of innovative shows in honour of both, with the dates set to combine songs, stories, readings, audience Q&As, and special guest appearances.Following on from the critical and commercial success of the previous record, 'In My Mind There's A Room', Colin MacIntyre AKA Mull Historical Society delivers its direct successor ‘In My Mind There's A Photograph'. Due for release on 29 May via the LNFG label, this brand new collection of songs will feature lyrical contributions from a panoply of world-leading authors, all of whom were asked to reflect on a single significant photo to them. Amongst the collaborators this time are best-sellers, Pulitzer, Booker, Costa, Women's Prize & Saltire Award-winners, including: Irvine Welsh, Ali Smith, Len Pennie, Jehan Bseiso, Louise Welsh, Irenosen Okojie, Paul Lynch, Colum McCann, Yiyun Lee, Alan Johnson, Dan Richards and Sir Alexander McCall Smith, on recent single “Cattle Bells” hear it here: https://youtu.be/metUbK92V-4?si=IoLna9y8Q2httg0TOf the upcoming tour, SOCIETY® in celebration of the new MHS album 'In My Mind There's A Photograph and Colin Mocintyre's new novel 'An Island Burning" Songs, Stories, Readings & Q&A AN EVENING WITH… MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY WITH SPECIAL GUESTS SEPTEMBER11 - HEBDEN BRIDGE Trades15 - BIRMINGHAM Hare & Hounds 216 - READING South Street Arts Centre17 - MANCHESTER St Michael's18 - CAMBRIDGE Storey's Field Centre19 - SOUTHAMPTON The Joiner's Arms22 - BRISTOL The Wardrobe TheatreAn excited Macintyre shared: “'The ‘Society' part of my music identity has always been the most important bit for me, so I'm very excited about bringing songs from my new album, as well as many from my back catalogue, to audiences around the UK. I've been flat out in creative mode but the act of creativity to me is really embodied in community and connection. For these shows I'll also be sharing stories and reading from my new Mull Mysteries novel, ‘An Island Burning'. The themes linking my two new releases reflect on war, childhood, place, identity, memory, family, survival — shining a light on hope, empathy and understanding — I hope just what we need in this fractured world. The concept of “home” in particular, and how it travels with us, always fascinates me, and I'm excited to bring my home island to society far and wide. Splash Stories Podcast every 1st of the Month https://www.buzzsprout.com/1891668/episodesApple tinyurl.com/4p3nzs3pSpotify tinyurl.com/2jj75vrxFB: www.facebook.com/thesplashclubSplash Stories Video Reel by Dizqohttps://www.facebook.com/markDizQo/Audio Editing Generation Studio https://www.generationstudio.co.ukTickets on general sale nowhttp://mullhistoricalsociety.com/ See lessSupport the showGet in touch with Splash Stories : splashclubtv@gmail.comwww.facebook.com/thesplashclubJoin Splash Stories https://www.buzzsprout.com/1891668/supporthttps://www.instagram.com/thewonderstuffofficial/https://www.instagram.com/rickywarwickofficial/https://www.instagram.com/echobelly_official/https://www.instagram.com/officialskunkanansie/https://www.instagram.com/feederofficial/https://www.instagram.com/kcmanc/?hl=enhttps://www.facebook.com/kerbdogband/https://www.instagram.com/sohoradiohttps://www.facebook.com/groups/SoundAsEverhttps://www.pearllowe.co.ukhttps://www.supergrass.comhttps://www.wienerworld.com/product/gary-crowleys-indie-90s-playback-classics-curveballs-and-bangers/Terrorvision Tequila : https://youtu.be/8hLQCA2h8kA?si=7_HfuruL5fFUnMdFhttps://linktr.ee/thesoupdragonshttps://www.merchbar.com/rock-alternative/cj-wildhearthttps://www.facebook.com/CJWildheartOfficial/https://www.instagram.com/cjwildheart/EMF www.emf-theband.com
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My chat with Scottish literary punk icon Irvine Welsh, who came on to discuss his sequel to Trainspotting, Men In Love. We covered, (1) the impact of his iconic, generational film thirty years later, (2) how AI is trying to make us all redundant, and how creative expression is how to strike back, and (3) why you don't have to choose between your hooligan and artsy sides of your personality. Just be both. Order Mark's novel Bunyan and Henry. All episodes of The Thoughtful Bro aired live originally on A Mighty Blaze. The Thoughtful Bro is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm and Writer's Bone.
Nach über 30 Jahre erzählt Irvine Welsh mit seinem neuen Buch "Men in Love" die Geschichte der Figuren von "Trainspotting" weiter. Im Interview spricht er über die Wut der Straßensprache und Suchtmechanismen. Außerdem: Sucht und Exzess im Film. Welsh, Irvine; Stiglegger, Marcus www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Vollbild
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Suzi Feay and John-Paul Stonard join Samira to review:Can Nothing Save Us?, the new novel from Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, a state-of-the-nation thriller set in the US.The Summer Book, a new film starring Glenn Close and based on the beloved novel by Moomins creator Tove Jansson. And Richard Dadd: Beyond Bedlam at the Royal Academy, featuring paintings by the 19th century painter who specialised in pictures of fairies, killed his own father and spent the rest of his life in Bethlem and then Broadmoor psychiatric institutions. Plus the Guardian's Stephanie Convery discusses the news that AI companies have been buying up rare books and 'destructively scanning' them - removing their spines, scanning, then shredding them - in order to train their large language models. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Tim Bano
David Keenan's Boyhood (White Rabbit) opens in 1979 with the abduction of a young boy outside a Glasgow football ground. Nine years later, the boy's brother, blessed with the power to see into the past and future by a perhaps imaginary angel, leads us on a journey from wartime Paris to the Troubles in the 1970s, Mexico City in the 1980s to – of course – Glasgow, as the novel builds to an extraordinary, intense, climactic moment of redemption. ‘A complete triumph' writes Irvine Welsh. ‘It slaps our dull, sterile culture hard across the face with a studded, uncompromising literary glove.' David Keenan read from Boyhood, and talked about its themes, with LRB contributing editor Andrew O'Hagan. You can buy a copy of Boyhood from the London Review Bookshop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hanna Flint and Chris Power join Tom Sutcliffe to review:The new stage musical adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel Trainspotting, featuring famous songs from the 1996 Danny Boyle film as well as new compositions to bring Renton, Begbie, Sick Boy and Spud to life.On the Sea, a film by novelist and director Helen Walsh about a mussel fisherman in northern Wales and the romance that he kindles with a new itinerant worker called Daniel. Cool Machine, the final part of Colson Whitehead's Harlem trilogy, which began with Harlem Shuffle and was followed by Crook Manifesto, and continues the adventures of Ray Carney, furniture store owner who lives a double life as a part-time criminal fence.Tom also talks to novelist Kate Mosse about the news that Anthropic has created a $1.5 billion fund to settle a class action lawsuit brought by authors whose copyrighted works were scraped in order to train the company's AI chatbot Claude. Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Tim Bano
Today we're in the company of three luminously talented people who've survived seriously dark periods to shine brightly in their fields.More than thirty years after Irvine Welsh's debut novel caused a sensation, he tell us how Trainspotting The Musical was a natural next step.Alan Davies' career has been going strong for more than thirty years too. There's a lot going on in his new memoir - the story of his stand-up comedy told in the context of the trauma he went through as a child, and his cancer treatment in middle age.And Clemency Burton Hill was an accomplished classical musician, writer and broadcaster when a catastrophic brain haemorrhage almost robbed her of everything.Also, thanks are given to a couple of coppers who were on hand when a listener's homecoming from holiday went badly wrong.And we have the Inheritance Tracks of the actor Adrian Lester.Presenter: Adrian Chiles Producer: Ben Mitchell Assistant Producer: Lowri Morgan Researcher: Jesse Edwards Editor: Andrea Kennedy
Full Disclosure is taking a short break, but we'll be back very soon with brand new episodes.Until then, why not dip back into the archive! There are some brilliant episodes to catch up on, including conversations with Jonathan Pryce, Billy Idol, Grace Dent, Sadiq Khan, Dawn French, Irvine Welsh, Hugh Laurie, Jon Ronson, David Harewood and Brian Cox. And that's only scratching the surface!Full Disclosure is a Global ProductionListen or watch every Friday on Global Player, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.
Colin is on the pod as we discuss his journey from the islands of Scotland to supporting The Strokes on their first UK tour and much more.Colin MacIntyre AKA Mull Historical Society releases a new album on May 29th. It is his 10th LP and the second in his collaborative author series following on from previous record “In My Mind There's A Room” in 2023. This brand new collection of songs, “In My Mind There's A Photograph', will feature lyrical contributions from a panoply of world-leading authors, all of whom were asked to reflect on a single significant photo to them. With Colin playing the ‘Elton to their Bernie', coupling his musical idiosyncrasies to their affecting words, together they have created 12 songs of vivid photographic realisation and a very real emotional resonance.The author collaborators on ‘In My Mind There's A Photograph' are best-sellers, Pulitzer, Booker, Costa, Women's Prize & Saltire Award-winners, including: Irvine Welsh, Sir Alexander McCall Smith, Dan Richards, Ali Smith, Len Pennie, Jehan Bseiso, Louise Welsh, Irenosen Okojie, Paul Lynch, Colum McCann, Yiyun Lee & Alan Johnson.Alongside the album's release in May, 2026 finds Colin in the most creative and prolific form of his career. An established author in his own right, MacIntyre's fifth book, and the second in his Mull Mysteries Crime series, ‘An Island Burning', came out in April on Black & White Publishing/Bonnier Books. Elsewhere, his multi-genre musical, ‘Culloden', for which he has written the script, book and music, also goes into pre-production this year. Plus, with the 25th anniversary of his Gold-selling, album-of-the-year-polls-topper, debut ‘Loss' coming around, expect further news on some special anniversary plans…In the meantime, to support the release of “In My Mind There's A Photograph” and his new novel - Colin recently announced “An Evening With…” tour, which will include songs, stories, readings and Q&A with special guests as follows:AN EVENING WITH… MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETYJUNE4 - LONDON St Pancras Old Church10 - TOBERMORY, ISLE OF MULL Aros Hall11 - STIRLING Tolbooth12 - GLASGOW King Tut's13 - EDINBURGH La Belle AngeleSEPTEMBER11 - HEBDEN BRIDGE Trades15 - BIRMINGHAM Hare & Hounds 216 - READING South Street Arts Centre17 - MANCHESTER St Michael's18 - CAMBRIDGE Storey's Field Centre19 - SOUTHAMPTON The Joiner's Arms22 - BRISTOL The Wardrobe TheatreTickets on general sale now from:http://mullhistoricalsociety.com/------22 Grand Pod is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/22grandpodOff the back of the main pod, we are creating Patreon only bonus content. For £3 a month you will get:The 00's Deep Dive: Taking a look back at the likes of the Stalking Pete Doherty documentary and going through them in painful detail. As well as going through NME Awards from back in the day and discussing what happened.My Favourite 00's Songs: Inviting patrons and other guests to come on the podcast to talk about their favourite songs, albums or moments from back in the day.Legend or Landfill: We go through NME's top 10 albums of each year and see if we think they are indeed Legendary or for the Landfill.Fans Stories: Talking to people about their memories and opinions on all things 00's.Unsigned Stories: Chatting with bands that didn't quite 'make it' in terms of signing that elusive record deal.Patrons will also get early access to any main pod episodesMerch etc: https://www.redbubble.com/people/22grandpod/shop?asc=uAlso check the YouTube channel for extended video versions of the interviews and much more: https://bit.ly/3Ts7Wu1And 22 Grand Pod on Islington Radio: https://www.mixcloud.com/IslingtonRadio/playlists/22-grand-pod/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Canadian author Rachel Reid talks to us about the the phenomenon which has followed the publication of her books about the romantic relationship between rival ice hockey players.We speak to author Yang Shuang-zi and translator Lin King, the author and translator of this year's International Booker Prize winning book, Taiwan Travelogue. And Mull Historical Society's latest album In My Mind There's A Photograph sees singer-songwriter Colin Macintyre work with lyrical contributions from a panoply of world-leading authors. He reveals his collaborative process with the likes of Irvine Welsh, Ali Smith, Irenosen Okojie, Yiyun Lee, and Sir Alexander McCall Smith, and performs a track live in the Front Row studio. Presenter: Kirsty Wark Producer: Mark Crossan
En Huelva ha finalizado la misa funeral por los dos guardias civiles fallecidos en acto de servicio cuando perseguían a una narcolancha. La Junta ha declarado día de luto oficial y el presidente Juan Manuel Moreno y la candidata socialista María Jesús Montero han visitado la capilla ardiente. Las asociaciones profesionales de la Guardia Civil han vuelto a recordar la necesidad de reforzar medios en la lucha contra el narco y reclaman que se les declare profesión de riesgo ... Este mediodía asociaciones ecologistas y vecinos de Sanlúcar de Barrameda se han manifestado para exigir la paralización de los vertidos al río de varias minas que tienen ya autorización para hacerlo. En página cultural el Centro Andaluz de las Letras y la Feria del Libro han organizado la visita a Málaga del escritor británico Irvine Welsh. Nuestra compañera Laura García ha hablado esta mañana con él... Y en Sevilla la presencia de Rosalía en un concierto esta tarde está revolucionando las calles de la capital ...Escuchar audio
Once A DJ is brought to you by:https://www.vinylunderground.co.uk - 10% off your next order using code onceadjhttps://www.sureshotshop.com/ - Record adapters (including customs) & accessorieshttps://myslipmats.com/ - Custom and off the shelf Slipmats, dividers and more.Once A DJ is a https://remote-ctrl.co.uk productionOther ways to support the showFollow the show on Spotify or Apple PodcastsAny feedback or questions? Hit up the Once A DJ Instagram PageSubscribe to the Once A DJ PatreonBuy your Once A DJ Sureshot 45 adapter clampsThis week I'm joined by Carl Loben, Editor-in-Chief of DJ Mag and a man who's spent more than three decades chronicling dance music — from blagging his way into gigs as a freelance writer for Melody Maker in the early 90s, to running DJ Mag for the last decade. I wanted to sit down with Carl because he's seen the whole arc from a vantage point most people haven't: Two Tone gigs at Hammersmith Odeon (where everyone had to leave their DMs at the door), an acid house epiphany at Glastonbury, the drum & bass evangelism that defined his 90s, and a publishing career that's covered the rise of the superstar DJ, the bottle-service era and the digital revolution from the front row.We get into Carl's own DJing journey — the false start, the freestyle rooms in Hackney, the international gigs that came with the editor's chair — and the labels he's built along the way: Westway with Barry Ashworth from the Dub Pistols, and Jack Said What with Irvine Welsh and Steve Mac (the underground house Steve Mac, not the pop one — there's a great story in there). He's also really frank about the shifting cultural landscape: the whitewashing he and Ben Murphy set out to address with their book Renegade Snares, the wellbeing reckoning that's reshaping what DJ life looks like, and the sea-of-phones problem that's quietly killing the dancefloor.In this episode we cover:Growing up between Beatles, Buddy Holly and Two Tone, and his first gig at 13 (Madness, Hammersmith Odeon)His acid house epiphany at Glastonbury and the unsung heroes the history books missedThe Hackney freestyle rooms, becoming a drum & bass DJ, and almost painting himself into a cornerBlagging his first reviews for Melody Maker and what life was like as a 90s freelance music journoWhy Melody Maker went down the toilet and how he ended up at DJ Mag full timeInternational gigs in Brazil, Ecuador, Poland and China — and learning why touring DJs burn outThe cult of the superstar DJ and the hangover from rock and rollWestway Records, Jack Said What, and the realities of running a label after the vinyl crashRenegade Snares, the whitewashing of drum & bass, and the genre's reckoning with diversityWhy digital was a blessing and a curse, and what happens when 20,000 tracks a day hit SpotifyThe wellness shift, the sea of phones, and his advice for new DJs trying to break through
Trainspotting author & Hibs superfan Irvine Welsh joined Johnny & Gav for this Hibernian vs Kilmarnock special.You can hear The Kickabout live on Radio X from 11am every Saturday. Get in touch on kickabout@radiox.co.uk
This week, Johnny and the Thang Gang are joined by the legendary author of Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh. He's changed.Plus, Harry goes where no listener has gone before.Hear Johnny on Radio X every weekday at 4pm across the UK on digital radio, 104.9FM in London, 97.7 FM in Manchester, on Global Player or via www.radiox.co.uk.
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we enter into 1993 with trainspotting by irvine welsh, which released on january 1. (whew, we just snuck in there!) after shreds fails to surface any 1993 facts, joey saves the day. we talk about a 90s novel set in the 90s, explore the irvine welsh shared universe, and discuss the dialectal writing in the text as well as the line that welsh straddles. we talk about how to describe the novel (in terms of it being a novel about masculinity, colonialism, heroin, and hiv) and how masculinity in 90s literature was defined by three writers (bret easton ellis, irvine welsh, and chuck palahniuk). we also make sure to talk about the humor (and how fresh this writing sounded upon release) before briefly discussing the adaptation (and what it changes/omits). shreds recounts an embarrassing moment from a film class. reading list for season seventeen vineland by thomas pynchonmao ii by don delilloall the pretty horses by cormac mccarthytrainspotting by irvine welshnotes of a crocodile by qiu miaojinsabbath's theater by philip roththe atlas by william t. vollmanni love dick by chris krausthe poisonwood bible by barbara kingsolverfrom hell by alan moore
Sorry for the delay on this one. John Ussher in the mix. Technical issues mean that this is a completely ad free episode. Enjoy. Tracklist 1. Fouk - Neon Drift (club mix)2. Dam Swindle - What you give3. Dj Chus & Harry Romero - Celebrate Life (Instrumental mix)4. Soulfreakah, Dav Risen - Only God (Main mix)5. Raffaele Ciavolino - Touch me6. Session Victim - Too soft to be loud (Ian Pooley remix)7. Kiinjo, The Patchouli Brothers, Planet B - Love on the Dancefloor (extended mix)8. Kennedy - Keep on moving9. Antonello Ferrari, Aldo Bergamasco ft. Fiona Ray - So you wanna be a star (Club mix)10. Revival House Project, Alexa Perl, Nambi - Deeper Love (Extended mix)11. J.D's Time Machine ft. Cleveland P. Jones - Kiss of Freedom (Neil Pierce remix)12. Ten City - He's a friend (Extended mix)13. Revival House Project ft. Phebe Edwards - Think (Michael Gray extended remix)14. Ron Carroll - Underground (Marc Cotterell US Garage mix)15. Soul Speech, Riva Starr, King No-One - Break the rules (for you) (extended remix)16. Jamback - Positive (Extended mix)17. Prospa ft. Kosmo Klint - Love songs (Extended mix)18. Amedeo Picone - Unity, Love & Having fun (Extended mix)19. Cosmos - Take me with you (Tilt remix)20. Dam Swindle - Rhythm Baby21. Kennedy & Serpico - Baby, Dance!22. Dames Brown - You're the one for me (Alan Dixon extended remix)23. Antonello Ferrari, Aldo Bergamasco ft. Maya Sykes - Thankful24. Irvine Welsh, The Sci-Fi Soul Orchestra ft. Paul Escoffery - Damn Straight (Greg Wilson & Che remix)
STEVE MOVIE REVIEW A famous monologue in the Irvine Welsh novel Trainspotting reads “Choose us. Choose life. Choose mortgage payments; choose washing machines; choose cars; choose sitting oan a couch watching mind-numbing and spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fuckin junk food intae yir mooth. Choose rotting away, pishing and shiteing yersel in a home, a total […]
STEVE MOVIE REVIEW A famous monologue in the Irvine Welsh novel Trainspotting reads “Choose us. Choose life. Choose mortgage payments; choose washing machines; choose cars; choose sitting oan a couch watching mind-numbing and spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fuckin junk food intae yir mooth. Choose rotting away, pishing and shiteing yersel in a home, a total […]
This week's episode is in conversation with the insanely talented Shereen Cutkelvin. Pursuing a career in music from a very young age, Shereen's innate talent and passion for music, inspired by her father who was a professional singer, saw her signed to the hugely successful band Neon Jungle, before going on to reach the semi finals of The XFactor with her brothers as The Cutkelvins. Branching out in to acting and presenting, Shereen now cohosts the CBBC's Saturday Mash-up! and is a presenter on BBC Introducing for BBC Radio Scotland, alongside a whole host of other creative projects. With extensive experience as an actor including starring in Irvine Welsh's CRIME, Shereen is a highly skilled and gifted artist and performer who goes after the things that make her soul sing! Braw and indeed brave in every way! Follow Shereen on insta: https://www.instagram.com/shereencutty?igsh=aHdrazdpd3lkbzQy This episode is sponsored by: Creative Spark Theatre Arts A community arts charity based in Kirkintilloch striving to use the arts to connect empower everyone within their local area. www.creativesparktheatrearts.co.uk Socials- TikTok- https://www.tiktok.com/@creativesparktheatrearts?_t=ZN-90LdRhWwhcc&_r=1 Insta- https://www.instagram.com/creativesparkta?igsh=MTlrcHQ4YmM2czJnbw== Follow The Braw and The Brave Website: https://www.thebrawandthebrave.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBrawandTheBrave TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebrawandthebrave Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebrawandthebravepodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBrawandTheBrave
Cinetopia Radio – September EditionCinetopia Radio host Amanda is joined by the Cinetopia team — Isy Santini, Simon Bowie, and Kat Zabecka — for this month's episode, where we review five distinctive new releases and bring you a set of exciting conversations with filmmakers and festival organisers.Film Reviews4:50 - Highest 2 Lowest (dir. Spike Lee)- Lee's English-language reinterpretation of Kurosawa's High and Low stars Denzel Washington as a music mogul who faces a moral crisis when a ransom plot targets his chauffeur's son. Relocated to contemporary New York, Lee transforms the classic crime thriller into a sharp exploration of inequality and power. Streaming on Apple TV+15:40 - Honey, Don't! (dir. Ethan Coen) Margaret Qualley stars as a small-town private investigator delving into strange deaths tied to a mysterious church. The second in Coen's "lesbian B-movie trilogy," this neo-noir dark comedy mixes absurdist humor with genre conventions in his typically offbeat style. In UK cinemas now24:35 - Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (dir. Sepideh Farsi) - Shot through video calls over 200+ days, this documentary captures life in Gaza through exchanges between filmmaker Farsi and Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassouna. A poignant meditation on survival under siege, made more profound by Hassouna's tragic death in an airstrike after the film's Cannes selection. Distributed by Dogwoof - www.dogwoof.com36:33 - Happyend (dir. Neo Sora) - Set in near-future Tokyo bracing for a devastating earthquake, Sora's narrative debut follows teenage friends navigating personal struggles as foreshocks predict disaster. The film weaves fragments of youth and anxiety into a haunting meditation on memory and belonging. UK distribution by Modern Films - www.modernfilms.com50:28 - Paul and Paulette Take a Bath (dir. Jethro Massey) An American photographer and French girl spark an unusual friendship around reenacting notorious Parisian crimes from bygone eras. This surreal British debut won the Audience Award at Venice Critics' Week. Distributed by Conic FilmsAlongside the reviews, we feature three in-depth interviews:1:04:00 Paul Sng joins Amanda Rogers to discuss Reality is Not Enough, his new documentary portraying author Irvine Welsh, ahead of its UK release later this month.1:23:40 Marta Massa, representing Iberodocs, talks with Veronica Buccino about the festival's mission to celebrate Ibero-American culture through film 1:37:18 Hannah Papacek Harper chats with Clara Strachan about her award-winning short Lost for Words, which took home the North Light Award at Montrose LandxSea Film Festival.
Two bestselling authors, both alike in dignity, in the fair Book Off studio - where we lay our scene...On this episode we bring together two brilliant minds, authors and Scots - Irvine Welsh and John Niven. They discuss their latest novels, nostalgia, returning characters...and the joy of writing in the pre-mobile phone era. They also chat Oasis, crime fiction, the shit that appears on instagram - and give us some great book recommendations too. *and just to warn you - there's quite a bit of fruity language throughout! THE BOOK OFF Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
From the high-rises of Muirhouse to the heart of countercultural Britain, Irvine Welsh has built a literary universe fuelled by punk energy, dancefloor euphoria, and radical empathy. In this episode of Full Disclosure, James O'Brien meets the novelist and cultural icon to trace a life shaped by rebellion, recovery, and relentless storytelling.They discuss Irvine's early years in working class Edinburgh, his brushes with heroin and grief, and the accidental discipline learned on a council computer that helped turn his chaotic brilliance into a career. The pair unpack the emotional weight behind his new book Men in Love, why he believes we're living in a post-cultural age, and the creative lessons of rave, romance, and rock bottom.Sharp, soulful, and defiantly untamed, Irvine reflects on belonging, addiction, and the mad joy of letting characters run the show.Find out more about Irvine Welsh's book, Men in Love here
Scottish writer Irvine Welsh joins Grace to share his ultimate comfort food. Irvine has been a towering figure in our cultural galaxy for 30 years. His bestselling novels include Porno, The Acid House, Filth and, of course, Trainspotting. Trainspotting – famously autobiographical – follows a group of heroin addicts in a deprived area of Edinburgh. It was a huge hit, selling more than a million copies. The movie, released a few years later, was nothing short of a sensation at the box office. Irvine's new book is accompanied by his debut album, both with the same name: Men In Love is a sequel to Trainspotting, and picks up where the characters left off back in 1993.
On this week's Spectator Out Loud: Ian Thomson on what the destruction of the Hotel Oloffson means for Haiti (00:54); Patrick Kidd analyses Donald Trump and the art of golf diplomacy (06:43); Mike Cormack reviews Irvine Welsh's Men In Love (16:49); Ursula Buchan provides her notes on the Palm House at Kew (20:38); and, Richard Bratby argues that Johann Strauss deserves better than to be the victim of snobbery – plus listen to the end for an extract from Strauss's Emperor Waltz (24:24). Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.
The soul suckers of private equity, Douglas Murray on Epstein and MAGA & are literary sequels ‘lazy'?First up: how private equity is ruining BritainGus Carter writes in the magazine this week about how foreign private equity (PE) is hollowing out Britain – PE now owns everything from a Pret a Manger to a Dorset village, and even the number of children's homes owned by PE has doubled in the last five years. This ‘gives capitalism a bad name', he writes. Perhaps the most symbolic example is in the water industry, with water firms now squeezed for money and saddled with debt. British water firms now have a debt-to-equity ratio of 70%, compared to just 4% in 1991. Britain's desperation for foreign money has, quite literally, left Britain ‘in the shit'. Gus joined the podcast to discuss further, alongside the journalist Megan Greenwell, author of Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream. (00:46)Next: why is MAGA so incensed over Jeffrey Epstein?Six years after he died, the Jeffrey Epstein scandal is still haunting Donald Trump. Trump had vowed to release all files on various cases that attract conspiracy theorists – from JFK to Martin Luther King Jr. What makes the Epstein case different, as Douglas Murray writes in the magazine this week, is that the case was so recent and Epstein's ties with the elites, many of whom are still in power. Trump appeared to backtrack on releasing files relating to Epstein, prompting ire from the MAGA world, and there is now mounting cross-party pressure to uncover who knew what. Mike Johnson, the House speaker, sent representatives home early for summer, and there is even talk of Ghislaine Maxwell testifying. Why is the Epstein scandal such a lightning rod for MAGA rage? Douglas Murray joined the Spectator to discuss. The full interview can be found on Spectator TV. (15:49)And finally: are literary sequels ‘lazy'?It's ‘sod's law', says the Spectator's literary editor Sam Leith, that when a friend's book is due to be reviewed in the pages of the books section that you edit, the review will be bad. Mike Cormack reviews Men In Love by Irvine Welsh this week, calling the decision by Welsh to pen another sequel to Trainspotting ‘lazy'. At the Spectator this made us ponder whether this is true of all literary sequels, and what motivates authors to stick with characters and stories that they know.Sam joined us to discuss further alongside Lucy Thynne, the Telegraph's deputy literary editor. (33:59)Hosted by William Moore and Lara Prendergast.Produced by Patrick Gibbons and Megan McElroy.
In this electric conversation, Irvine Welsh joins Adam Biles at Shakespeare and Company to discuss Men in Love, the long-awaited sequel to Trainspotting. Picking up moments after Renton's betrayal, Welsh dives deep into the aftermath—friendship, love, addiction, class, and the cultural hangover of 1980s Thatcherism. The pair explore writing authentic historical fiction, how ecstasy (both drug and emotion) shaped a generation, and why mobile phones are killing drama. Welsh also shares insights into masculinity, social mobility, and why Sick Boy might just be the tragic heart of this novel. Expect laughs, gallows humor, biting commentary—and a live reading that's pure, unfiltered Welsh.Buy Men In Love: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/men-in-love-2Irvine Welsh was born and raised in Edinburgh. His first novel, Trainspotting, has sold over one million copies in the UK and was adapted into an era-defining film. He has written fourteen further novels, including the number one Sunday Times bestseller Dead Men's Trousers, four books of shorter fiction and numerous plays and screenplays. Irvine Welsh currently lives between London, Edinburgh and Miami.Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company.Listen to Alex Freiman's latest EP, In The Beginning: https://open.spotify.com/album/5iZYPMCUnG7xiCtsFCBlVa?si=h5x3FK1URq6SwH9Kb_SO3w Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
My guest this week is Irvine Welsh – who, three decades after his era-defining hit Trainspotting, returns with a direct sequel, Men In Love. Irvine tells me what Sick Boy, Renton, Spud and Begbie mean to him, why his new book hopes to encourage a new generation to discover Romantic verse and shagging, and why MDMA deserves more credit for the Good Friday Agreement than Tony Blair.
My guest this week is Irvine Welsh – who, three decades after his era-defining hit Trainspotting, returns with a direct sequel, Men In Love. Irvine tells me what Sick Boy, Renton, Spud and Begbie mean to him, why his new book hopes to encourage a new generation to discover Romantic verse and shagging, and why MDMA deserves more credit for the Good Friday Agreement than Tony Blair.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
On this day in 1995, at the height of the war in the former Yugoslavia, the Bosnian Serb army captured what was supposedly the UN "safe area" of Srebrenica. In the ensuing days, thousands of Bosnian Muslim women were raped. 8000 Muslim men and boys were murdered. It was Europe's worst massacre since the Second World War.Also in the programme: a Liberian historian on whether his fellow citizens should be outraged by President Trump's remarking on the Liberian leader's "excellent English"; and Scottish writer Irvine Welsh on his sequel to Trainspotting 30 years on from the publication of the original novel.(Photo: Bosnian Muslim women react as they stand amid grave stones of victims killed during the Srebrenica genocide, at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 July 2025. Credit: Reuters/Amel Emric)
Join hosts Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about TikTok, Booktrovert, Meta, and training AI on copyright books. Then, stick around for a chat with Ewan Morrison!Ewan Morrison: Described as the ‘most fluent and intelligent Scottish writer of his generation' by Booker Prize judge Stuart Kelly, Ewan Morrison is an award winning novelist and screenwriter and an essayist. Morrison's writing has been praised by renowned authors Lionel Shriver, Ian Rankin, Fay Weldon, Douglas Coupland, James Frey, Irvine Welsh, James Robertson, Luke Rhinehart and Hanif Kureishi among others. Ewan's eighth book, the 'darkly comic thriller', HOW TO SURVIVE EVERYTHING was published by Contraband in the UK in 2021, and in the US with Harper Perennial in 2022. It tells the story of a teenage girl who is abducted by her survivalist father, who believes that a world ending pandemic has begun.In November 2022, the book was optioned for a TV series and developed by Made Up Stories (Nine Perfect Strangers, Pieces of Her), Fifth Season & Kindling Pictures.