Irvine Welsh | Men in Love
Sat 22 Nov 2025 | 8:00pm - 9:00pm
When Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting burst onto the scene in 1993, it became an instant classic and a cultural phenomenon, capturing the raw energy and chaos of a generation. Now, more than 30 years on, Welsh returns to the world of Renton, Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie in the long-awaited sequel, Men in Love.
It is the late 1980s, the dying days of Thatcher’s Britain, and the Trainspotting crew are leaving heroin behind. Separated after a drug deal gone wrong, they search for new ways to feel alive: through sex, romance, ambition and the pounding rhythms of the rave scene, with its promise of joy and redemption. Sick Boy embarks on an intense relationship with Amanda, a wealthy, connected ‘princess’ who seems to hold the key to a brighter future. But as the 1990s dawn, will love offer salvation, or prove to be just another doomed quest?
Men in Love is riotous, passionate, and blazing with life. Don’t miss this chance to hear one of our greatest literary provocateurs discuss his thrilling new novel.
In conversation with Tom Gatti
Venue: Old Divinity School
Duration: 1 hour
Tickets available soon.
Author Biography
Irvine Welsh was born and raised in Edinburgh. His first novel, Trainspotting, has sold over one million copies in the UK and was adapted into an era-defining film. He has written fourteen further novels, including the number one Sunday Times bestseller Dead Men’s Trousers, four books of shorter fiction and numerous plays and screenplays. Irvine Welsh currently lives between London, Edinburgh and Miami.
Chair Biography
Tom Gatti is literary editor for The Observer. He is the editor of Long Players: Writers on the Albums That Shaped Them, which was published by Bloomsbury in 2021. Tom is a former editor of the New Statesman.
