Irvine Welsh
The Voids by Ryan O’Connor review – Irn-Bru and benders
This luminous debut novel, set in a squalid, hyper-hedonistic Glasgow, is a wild and gratifying literary ride
Benjamin Myers
16, Mar, 2022 @9:00 AM
The week in TV: Crime; Dopesick; Tiger King 2; Bridget Riley: Painting the Line
Dougray Scott delivers a triple espresso-shot performance as Irvine Welsh’s maverick detective; America’s struggle with opioid addiction makes for serious pharma drama; and the unwelcome return of Joe Exotic
Barbara Ellen
21, Nov, 2021 @9:30 AM
Crime review – Irvine Welsh’s first TV drama is a dreich and plodding affair
This Edinburgh cop show is disappointingly conventional stuff from the author known for his exuberance and excess – and its dialogue is deathly
Lucy Mangan
18, Nov, 2021 @12:54 PM
Irvine Welsh: ‘We’re heading for an anarchist paradise where we play football and make love’
The notorious author is breaking new ground with his TV debut. He talks about messed up cops, exorcising Sick Boy … and writing the tunes for Trainspotting: The Musical
Zoe Williams
12, Nov, 2021 @2:00 PM
Bobby Gillespie: ‘For the first 10 years of my life, I lived in a Glasgow tenement … that stuff stays with you’
On the eve of the publication of his memoir, the Primal Scream frontman talks to friend and author Irvine Welsh about his working-class upbringing
10, Oct, 2021 @11:00 AM
Creation myths: Alan McGee tells the real story of those wild Britpop years
The maverick label boss on why he didn’t let the truth get in the way of a good movie … and why he may owe an apology to Tony Blair
Vanessa Thorpe
20, Mar, 2021 @8:30 PM
Creation Stories review – generic biopic of record label supremo Alan McGee
Ewen Bremner stars as the fiery Scots label boss in this cliche-ridden drama co-written by Irvine Welsh
Simran Hans
20, Mar, 2021 @3:00 PM
Creation Stories review – mythmaking and megalomania in likable Alan McGee biopic
Irvine Welsh’s cracking adaption of an autobiography by the ‘President of Pop’ flashes from My Bloody Valentine to his discovery of Oasis
Cath Clarke
18, Mar, 2021 @9:00 AM
Passing sentences … what’s the worst kind of book thief?
Theft is never a great thing, but there must be a special place in hell for those who steal shared cultural treasures from libraries
Shaun Bythell
27, Nov, 2020 @2:00 PM
The week in TV: Small Axe: Mangrove; The Crown; The Great British Bake Off and more
Steve McQueen’s vital black British historical drama sears into the mind, and Peter Morgan’s saga of the Windsors returns waving its pro-Diana flag
Euan Ferguson
22, Nov, 2020 @9:30 AM
Bret Easton Ellis and Irvine Welsh in talks to co-write TV drama
American Psycho and Trainspotting authors set to collaborate for the first time on show about a manipulative American tabloid
Alison Flood
22, Jul, 2020 @2:41 PM
BritBox's first slate of original shows includes Irvine Welsh adaptation Crime
The streaming service will adapt four novels for its first raft of original shows, with actors including Jared Harris, Cush Jumbo and Dougray Scott set to star
Toby Moses
22, Jul, 2020 @2:01 PM
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