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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From the Blog
Leith Festival is coming!
It isn't very often that I run a programme of tours, but one of them is coming up fast. For all the fun of the fair, go to the Leith Festival site, or see the T-tours on this Home page. Sunshine on Leith - cannae whack it! PS the other time of year is normally only...
read moreFilming on location
It's not all tough preparing a book for publication. There was me, on a lovely sunny day, only yards away from Spud's bench (Trainspotting p121) discussing with a student how to get some footage of the tour. She's coming on one of the Leith Festival tours. Be there!
read moreI’m writing a book!
I'm writing a book. I'm busy drawing on a great depth of local, personal knowledge from thirty years living in Leith and running the Trainspotting tours for eight. The book aims to tell the story behind the story of Trainspotting the book, the play and the film. It...
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