1. EachPod

The Book Club: Irvine Welsh on the new Trainspotting sequel

Author
The Spectator
Published
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Episode Link
https://shows.acast.com/best-of-the-spectator/episodes/the-book-club-irvine-welsh-on-the-new-trainspotting-sequel

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.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Share to: