Welcome to Leith Walks, home of the original Trainspotting Tours and the book Choose Life. Choose Leith: Trainspotting on Location by Tim Bell, published by Luath Press.
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The book: comprehensive, hugely informative, ground-breaking, very read-able, the only serious commentary, analysis and introduction to Trainspotting the book, the play and the film. EXCERPTS AND REVIEWS >>
From the Blog
There’s more to Leith than Trainspotting
Looking ahead, I'll be doing a general interest tour of the Shore from the Carrier's Quarters pub on Bernard Street. This isn't just for hard-core Leithers, it's for everyone who knows there is more to Edinburgh than Edinburgh knows. But of course, an extract from...
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It was great to have almost ten folk per night for the Leith Festival programme of tours. Leith Festival apologises for giving out inadequate and wrong information both online and in the printed programme - the venue wasn't clear, the ticket prices were wrong, and...
read moreTransform drugs policy
Why do people take illegal drugs? That's a ridiculous question. Why do people smoke tobacco and drink alcohol? Because they are pleasurable, seductive, and available. Do smokers and drinkers lose their citizenship? No. Even though they give themselves serious health...
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