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From the Blog
Welsh in Dutch?
We know Welsh has been translated into many languages. Today I was helping a Dutch film company to connect Trainspotting the film with the location. They're doing Gomorrah in Naples, Leaving Las Vegas in, well, Las Vegas, and several others. The wee problem, as we...
read moreBook or film?
As people who come on my tours know, Trainspotting the book is set right on location in Leith. So why isn't there a film tour? ANSWER: not a single film scene was shot in Leith. There's about 30 seconds shot in Edinburgh, and that's it. Face it - film is a different...
read moreCharacter or narrative?
I'm drafting my Trainspotting character studies at the moment. Last Sunday I was interviewed on BBC Radio Scotland and I decided I would say it, loud and clear, to see what it sounds like: 'Welsh's characters work far better than the narrative in Trainspotting'. It...
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