Irvine Welsh: 'I was a heroin addict – then I found buy-to-let

Fame and Fortune: Author Irvine Welsh has first-hand experience of the drug addiction and poverty his gritty novels often deal with. He describes how a bus crash and the Eighties property boom may have saved his life

Irvine Welsh: I don't believe we get rewarded or punished — Paul Dalgarno

Irvine Welsh: “I wouldn't be a writer if it hadn't been for acid house” - Features - Mixmag

Irvine Welsh: 'I was a heroin addict – then I found buy-to-let

Book Review: 'Dead Men's Trousers,' By Irvine Welsh : NPR

Irvine Welsh: 'When you get older, it's harder to be a bastard', Irvine Welsh

The former heroin addict helping to direct Trainspotting 2, T2 Trainspotting

Irvine Welsh, a tough but clairvoyant author

Skagboys': Heroin Highs In 'Trainspotting' Prequel : NPR

Irvine Welsh: 'When you get older, it's harder to be a bastard', Irvine Welsh

ENCORE! - Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh on heroin addiction

Irvine Welsh returns to Leith to talk about his latest work and Edinburgh International Book Festival appearance

Irvine Welsh: Scotland has to grow up

This Is What Happened to the 'Trainspotting' Generation of Heroin Users