Irvine Welsh Thinks 'Trainspotting' Characters Would Struggle in 2026

Column: Reconnecting with authors Colin Asher and Irvine Welsh, both with new books

Writers write, and if they are good or lucky enough, what they write gets published, increasingly online but still, for many, the old-fashioned way: ink on paper in hardcover books. I reconnected with two writers and their new books in…

Trainspotting the Musical: an unnecessary trip down memory lane ★★★

Spirited performances and excellent direction aren’t enough to justify this adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s iconic book

Irvine Welsh thinks 'Trainspotting' characters would struggle in 2026

In an exclusive new interview with Far Out, Irvine Welsh has revealed how he thinks his iconic Trainspotting characters would fare in the modern world. The Scottish author has left his hometown muses behind and headed to Las Vegas for his latest novel, Can Nothing Save Us?, which hits shelves on August 13th. The book follows Molly and George Warburton, a set of rich grandparents faced with the sinister family consequences of bestowing their inhe…