One of the reasons why the movie Trainspotting was so beloved back in 1996 was its soundtrack, full of stars from the contemporary world of Britpop such as Elastica, Pulp, Underworld and Leftfield.

Britain, the 1980s. Thatcher. Black Monday. Riots. Strikes. Racism. In 1984, George Orwell’s 1984 became a bestseller again, slotting right into the nightmarish dystopia it had predicted. As ...

TRAINSPOTTING is one of my favourite films of all time and became a cultural phenomenon when it was released in 1996. And now Irvine Welsh, who wrote the novel on which the hit movie was based, has ...

When Pulp were asked to write a song for Danny Boyle's 'Trainspotting', the band already had the song made, which they ...

A musical adaptation of the classic 1996 film Trainspotting comes to the London stage in July, promising to "speak to our contemporary malaise of defiance in the face of an uncertain future." Though ...

Irvine Welsh has heaped praise on Oasis ahead of their eagerly-awaited Edinburgh gigs – but he says he'd much rather the famously feuding Gallagher brothers were still at each other's throats. In an ...