Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh gives brutal verdict on ‘stupid’ reason Brit creativity is dead as book hits West End

IT was three decades ago that Irvine Welsh’s brutal story of heroin addicts  living in chaos in Edinburgh both shocked and thrilled  cinema audiences. Adapted from his 1993 novel, the 1996 Danny Boyle-directed masterpiece was a huge hit, taking £57million worldwide. It launched the careers of actors Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle,...