17. Irvine Welsh

Kirsty Young asks the author Irvine Welsh what advice he would give his younger self.

An episode of the Young Again podcast, hosted by BBC Radio 4, titled "17. Irvine Welsh" was published on November 5, 2024 and runs 47 minutes.

November 5, 2024 ·47m · Young Again

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Kirsty Young asks the author Irvine Welsh what advice he would give his younger self.Welsh became a literary sensation when his first novel, Trainspotting, was published in 1993. The film adaptation that followed made him a star. But before that he'd gone from being a punk in London to a turn into administrative work for his local council, via a brush with heroin addiction. He looks back at his childhood in Edinburgh, his parents' romance and a first arrest at just eight years old.A BBC Studios Audio production.

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Kirsty Young asks the author Irvine Welsh what advice he would give his younger self.

Welsh became a literary sensation when his first novel, Trainspotting, was published in 1993. The film adaptation that followed made him a star. But before that he'd gone from being a punk in London to a turn into administrative work for his local council, via a brush with heroin addiction. He looks back at his childhood in Edinburgh, his parents' romance and a first arrest at just eight years old.

A BBC Studios Audio production.

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