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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. A magic trick too far
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    A magic trick too far
  10. Alan Cumming on flying to America - for the first time - with Ruby Wax
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    Alan Cumming on flying to America - for the first time - with Ruby Wax
  11. Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
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    Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
  12. Edinburgh Nights: Richard Wilson and Angus Deayton
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    Edinburgh Nights: Richard Wilson and Angus Deayton

    Edinburgh Nights 2016: Episode 1

  13. B. Dolan - Still Electric
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    B. Dolan - Still Electric
  14. Malaika Kegode: I tried to stop writing about you
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    Malaika Kegode: I tried to stop writing about you
  15. "Music can change your hair"
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    "Music can change your hair"
  16. "...and then they all booed me."
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    "...and then they all booed me."
  17. Asking are you in or out
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    Asking are you in or out
  18. Keeping it together onstage
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