Was Irvine Welsh junky?

Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh is the former heroin addict who became one of the world's most famous writers. At 60, he is no junkie Sick Boy stumbling from star-studded party to the next. Instead, thanks to a daily stint at the gym, he looks and feels great.

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Why is it called Trainspotting?

The film title is a reference to a scene in the book where Begbie and Renton meet "an auld drunkard" who turns out to be Begbie's estranged father, in the disused Leith Central railway station, which they are using as a toilet. He asks them if they are "trainspottin'".

Is Trainspotting difficult to read?

"It's not an easy read for an American," says Mr Howard. "The glossary will help, but in any case the book works a good deal like Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange - if you stick with it for 20 pages you catch the rhythm of the language."

What did Irvine Welsh say?

HERE is the moment Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh left viewers aghast by saying Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos should be "macheted into small pieces" and "consumed by seagulls".