The first paragraph.

Today’s the day! Twenty years since Trainspotting the film premiered. Here’s the opening paragraph of my chapter on the film: On February 23rd, 1996, Trainspotting the film was premiered. The speed of developments since the launch and that daring, insolent...

23 February 1996

Nice to be in the forefront. Edinburgh Central Library kindly invited me to give the talk Trainspotting at Twenty a week ahead of the anniversary of the launch of the film. Got a nice review: apparently I educate as effortlessly as I entertain, for example, which was...