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A Return to the Times when People Were Still Able to Live Fully and Think Independently. Trainspotting Has a Sequel

The son of a dock worker and a waitress, Irvine Welsh, born in the port city of Leith, did not finish high school. Instead, he took a course in electrical engineering, but he did not start a career in it either. One day, he pulled himself together and, like many young Scots in the 1970s, "emigrated" to...
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The son of a dock worker and a waitress, Irvine Welsh, born in the port city of Leith, did not finish high school. Instead, he took a course in electrical engineering, but he did not start a career in it either. One day, he pulled himself together and, like many young Scots in the 1970s, "emigrated" to...

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Hospodářské Nnoviny (HN.cz) broke the news in on Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
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