by tim_bell | Dec 17, 2012 | Latest News
See The Walks page for the Hogmanay programme. It will be good to have you along. If you’re just interested, I’ll get you fired up, and you’ll begin to understand what all the fuss is about. If you’ve seen the film, you’ll want to read...
by tim_bell | Dec 12, 2012 | Latest News
At the request of the Dutch tv company (see previous blogs) I and some people on the tour walked into Central Bar while they were interviewing Big Man Welsh. My companions were from USA, Musselburgh, Spain, Glasgow, that sort of place. We sat round one of the tables...
by tim_bell | Dec 6, 2012 | Latest News
They were shooting a scene from ‘Sunshine in Leith’ in Constitution Street outside the Port o’ Leith this week, in bright winter sunshine. Dubbed Leith’s Mama Mia, it is a narrative spun around some of the Proclaimers’ output. The stage...
by tim_bell | Nov 26, 2012 | Latest News
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...
by tim_bell | Nov 6, 2012 | Latest News
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...
by tim_bell | Oct 8, 2012 | Latest News
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...
by tim_bell | Sep 22, 2012 | Latest News
You know how children squabble over their favourites? Well, who is your least favourite character in Trainspotting? Begbie is the clear-cut choice in the film, but the book is more subtle. Is it Sick Boy’s cynical pimping of wee Maria, and his attitude that...
by tim_bell | Aug 31, 2012 | Latest News
Thanks to everyone who came on a tour during August. The weather was never kind to us. But, standing at the foot of the ramp that used to lead up to platform level at Leith Central Station – the location for the eponymous utterance – I finally sorted out...
by tim_bell | Aug 22, 2012 | Latest News
Last Friday Welsh joined with Scottish and American literary friends in a fun evening of readings and anecdotes. On Saturday he read from Skagboys at the Edinburgh Book Festival, and on Sunday he gave the ‘keynote speech’ at a writers’ conference...
by tim_bell | Aug 16, 2012 | Latest News
Lots of people in Leith have been helping the research team for the Radio 4 show ‘Mark Steel’s in town’ this week. Mark’s job is to get inside the history and the character of wherever he goes and make it funny, stand-up style. They are...
