A Decent Ride’ wasn’t the only one of his novels that this formula applied to, either… 1) Make Your Life As Complete & Enjoyable As Possible, (Trainspotting, 1993)

In 2009 Welsh directed the film Good Arrows (co-directed by Helen Grace). It was written by Welsh and Cavanagh. The film is about a darts player who suffers from depression which causes him to lose his skill. [11] Themes [ edit ] Welsh co-directed "The Right to liberty", a chapter of the documentary film The New Ten Commandments, in 2008.Trainspotting sequel looks set to go ahead". The Scotsman. 17 November 2014 . Retrieved 21 May 2017.

Berthold Schoene, ed.: The Edinburgh Companion to Irvine Welsh. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010. Cavanagh and Welsh have also collaborated on screenplays. The Meat Trade is based on the 19th-century West Port murders. Despite the historical source material, Welsh has set the story in the familiar confines of present-day Edinburgh, with Burke and Hare depicted as brothers who steal human organs to meet the demands of the global transplant market. The ‘Trainspotting’ writer recently released latest novel ‘A Decent Ride’, telling the story of “top-shagger, drug-dealer, gonzo-porn-star and taxi driver Terry Lawson”, and while reading it, we couldn’t help but notice that a few of the hilariously obscene quotes could easily be turned into motivational posters for the outdoors adventurer.I tend to use humour to give the reader a break. If you’re forcing people to look at potentially intolerable material, you have to give them space to reset; you can show as much darkness as possible as long as you’re groping in some ways for the light switch. Irvine Welsh fears relegation for Hibs after poor start to campaign". BBC. 29 September 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019 . Retrieved 1 May 2020. Wedding Belles, a film made for Channel 4 that was written by Welsh and Cavanagh, aired at the end of March 2007. The film centres around the lives of four young women, who are played by Michelle Gomez, Shirley Henderson, Shauna MacDonald, and Kathleen McDermot. Wedding Belles was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA and was subsequently sold to TV channels in Canada and Europe.