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Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
The author explains why he set his new novel in California.
  1. Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
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    Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
  2. Squashing Words
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    Squashing Words
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  3. Books I’ve Written
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    Books I’ve Written
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  4. Making a Leopard Monster
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    Making a Leopard Monster
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  5. Superpowers
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    Superpowers
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  6. Steve’s Monsters
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    Steve’s Monsters
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  7. Making a Monster
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    Making a Monster
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  8. Alien Stink Song
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    Alien Stink Song
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  9. "I couldn't have loved that family anymore"
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    "I couldn't have loved that family anymore"
  10. Edinburgh Dazzle ship: Timelapse
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    Edinburgh Dazzle ship: Timelapse
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    Alan Cumming on a meeting with Oprah
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    Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
  13. Simple Minds, tower blocks, chainsaws and Faust
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    Simple Minds, tower blocks, chainsaws and Faust
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    Asking are you in or out
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    EIF Conversations: Marin Alsop
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    A magic trick too far
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