by tim_bell | Jul 18, 2013 | Latest News
See me in action! To launch my August programme of tours I have added the new Action page (click on the button above). There are extended clips from the excellent vpro.nl Trainspotting: Shot on Location. I think it’s as good as it can be considering the film...
by tim_bell | Jul 4, 2013 | Latest News
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...
by tim_bell | Jun 18, 2013 | Latest News
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...
by tim_bell | May 31, 2013 | Latest News
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...
by tim_bell | May 7, 2013 | Latest News
I am doing a Shore Walk from Carrier’s Quarters pub (Bernard Street) from 6.30 pm on Thursday 9 May. We should be back in the pub within the hour. Most of it will be a general introduction to the core of Leith, but outside Shore Bar I won’t resist reading...
by tim_bell | Apr 25, 2013 | Latest News
There’s no doubt that Trainspotting the film is about heroin. It shapes the narrative and the structure, and the film pretty well earns the alternative title of ‘A Junkie’s Progress’. De-personalising the issues, it goes like this: heroin is...
by tim_bell | Mar 29, 2013 | Latest News
If Renton’s character is in question (see previous blog), Johnny Swan (nickname Mother Superior) as a real character is barely even there! In the film he is mainly seen in his lurid, semi-derelict den, fulfilling the public perception of his trade as a dealer....
by tim_bell | Feb 28, 2013 | Latest News
The more I look at all the character Renton does in the film, I wonder if he doesn’t collapse under his own weight and if we are left with McGregor playing only a series of roles within the same persona. He begins the film, he punctuates it at the key moments,...
by tim_bell | Feb 9, 2013 | Latest News
I’ve emailed my correspondents with a link to the vpro.nl documentary which you can view online till the end of February 2013 at http://www.uitzendinggemist.nl/afleveringen/1321636. Now what’s needed is a push to finish the book. At present I’m...
by tim_bell | Jan 28, 2013 | Latest News
vpro.nl screened the Trainspotting episode of their series of films on location last night, 27 January.You can see it on http://www.uitzendinggemist.nl/afleveringen/1321636 I will be very interested in any comments you might like to post in the Guest Book.
