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The banana flats in Leith are currently undergoing a £69 million renovation, with the artist's impression on the right showing how the blocks will look after the works are completed.

Banana flats renovation works win award despite work still ongoing

Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting the Musical UK tour was cancelled

Irvine Welsh hopes musical will return after UK tour axed over costs

The UK tour of a stage musical version of Trainspotting has been cancelled

Irvine Welsh reacts as Trainspotting show cancelled due to low sales

Leith has been named in the shortlist to become the UK’s first ever town of culture

Leith makes shortlist for first-ever UK Town of Culture title

Ewan McGregor and Kenneth Branagh among stars to attend the Edinburgh International Film Festival

Ewan McGregor and Kenneth Branagh among names at revived EIFF

A special screening of Trainspotting will be followed by DJ sets from Irvine Welsh and Darren Emerson – whose music as part of Underworld is synonymous with the film and its soundtrack.

30 years of Trainspotting marked by EIFF in Leith with Irvine Welsh

Trainspotting The Musical will open its UK tour at Edinburgh Playhouse in October.

Watch as Edinburgh Playhouse staff recreate Trainspotting chase scene

Trainspotting: The Musical is coming to Edinburgh later this year.

Cast announced as Trainspotting: The Musical coming to Edinburgh

Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh is a lifelong Hibby and is often down at Easter Road to cheer on the team.

Trainspotting author on why he'd like to see Hearts win the title

Trainspotting: The Musical is coming to Edinburgh later this year.

Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh on bringing his new musical home

Midlothian writer Colin Burnett has released 'Family Man - The Third Book of Aldo'.

Midlothian author releases third book in Edinburgh-set trilogy

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Leith’s 900th birthday bash will be the biggest show in town - Susan Dalgety

Trainspotting author backs Leith bid to become UK Town of Culture 2028

Robbie Scott who will star as Mark Renton, in Trainspotting: The Musical, adapted from the best-selling novel by Scottish author Irvine Welsh, which will make its West End debut this summer, it has been announced.

Trainspotting musical set to make worldwide debut

Irvine Welsh photo by Zoe Law

'Edinburgh still influences me': Irvine Welsh on new documentary

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Winners announced for The List Festival Awards 2025
The winners have been announced for The List Festival Awards 2025. Following a highly successful inaugural awards in 2024, this incredible line-up of artists and work highlights the rich array of Art, Book, Film, Fringe and International festivals that have taken place this summer.
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Fibber Magees won the Evening News Pub of the year in 1996. Bar person Katherline Guthrie is pictured pulling a pint.

26 incredible old photos of Edinburgh life in 1996

James McAvoy has narrated The Sandman, one of Audible’s many blockbuster titles

Scottish-narrated audiobooks to stream for free this summer

The Volley pub, on Leith Walk in Edinburgh, is set open in the next few weeks.

'Trainspotting pub' gets opening date as more details shared

The Volley pub, on Leith Walk in Edinburgh, is set open in the next few weeks.

Iconic pub where Begbie lost the plot in Trainspotting to 'reopen'

Primal Scream, led by charasmatic frontoman Bobby Gillespie, rocked the Usher Hall in Edinburgh on Thursday, April 3.

Primal Scream rock the Usher Hall with something old and something new

9 timeless Edinburgh pubs every bookworm should visit

Charity for young people 'needed now more than ever' - Irvine Welsh

Friends from Ibiza and Menorca travelled to Edinburgh to bring in the new year

Hogmanay experience at risk - John McLellan

The near deserted Princes Street on Hogmanay after all outdoor events including the street party and fireworks display planned for Edinburgh's New Year were cancelled due to bad weather.

Trainspotting author makes Hogmanay plea

Edinburgh author Irvine Welsh announced a new sequel to Trainspotting is on its way

New Trainspotting sequel by Irvine Welsh set to be published

Take a look through our gallery to see 15 of the richest people in Edinburgh and the Lothians, in no particular order.

15 of the richest celebs from Edinburgh and the Lothians
From pop stars to bestselling authors, here are 15 of the richest people in Edinburgh and the Lothians.
Gary Flockhart

Line of Duty star Vicky McClure is bringing her Day Fever club back to Edinburgh for a Hogmanay special, the Evening News can exclusively reveal.

Breaking Watch: Vicky McClure announces Hogmanay event in exclusive video

Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh is set to play surprise DJ set tonight in Edinburgh. Photo: Ian Rutherford

Irvine Welsh to play surprise DJ set tonight in Edinburgh

Irivine Welsh is a fan of the Leith clubbing nights

Popular club night loved by Irvine Welsh to return

One of the most famous pieces of cinema to come from Scotland, the 1996 flick was based on Irvine Welsh's book. It is still widely acclaimed for its no-nonsense portrayal of the Capital's drug underworld.

The 10 best films and TV shows set in Edinburgh as chosen by readers

Shoppers pour through the doors on the day the Gyle centre officially opens in October 1993.

13 great photos which will transport you back to Edinburgh in 1993

Starting off on a positive, barry is how we let you know that something is good.

18 words and phrases that represent the city as chosen by our readers

Edinburgh-set Fringe play The Bookies is on at Summerhall until April 26.

Fringe: The Bookies is a gritty thought-provoking look at addiction

A previous Day Fever UK event with Jonny Owen and Vicky McClure. Picture: Kayleigh Jay Photography.

Popular 'daytime nightclub' returns to the capital

Scroll through our photo gallery for a nostalgic trip back to Edinburgh in 1996.

26 incredible old photos of Edinburgh life in 1996

We've put together a list of 25 common slang words you will hear in Edinburgh, including ‘radge’, 'shan’ and ‘mingin’. Photo: Pixabay

25 common slang words you will hear in Edinburgh

Left to right: Vicky McClure, Irvine Welsh and Jonny Owen at Day Fever in Edinburgh.

Watch: Irvine Welsh wows Edinburgh crowd with Trainspotting anthem

Two of the desserts paid homage to Arthur Conan Doyle and JK Rowling

Hotel launches new book-themed afternoon tea - review

Cult film Trainspotting, starring Ewan McGregor, pictured, was released in UK cinemas in 1996.

Take our ultimate Trainspotting quiz and test your knowledge

Tom Kitchin was at the forefront of Edinburgh’s transformation from a mediocre city for eating out to world-beating.

Every one of us lucky enough to live in this fabulous city is a winner - Susan D...

Underworld sent the Edinburgh crowd wild as they performed Trainspotting anthem Born Slippy at the Usher Hall.

Edinburgh gig crowd go wild for Trainspotting anthem

Line of Duty star Vicky McClure and filmmaker husband Jonny Owen are bringing their daytime club event, Day Fever, to Edinburgh.

Vicky McClure's daytime nightclub coming to Edinburgh

Take a look through our photo gallery to see nine Edinburgh pubs that inspired famous authors.

World Book Day 2024: 9 local pubs that inspired famous authors

Leith Fort 21 storey flats nearing completion in April 1963. The tower blocks on Lindsay Road became synonymous with drug use, antisocial behaviour and some of Edinburgh’s worst troublemakers. They were demolished in 1997.

19 photos of Leith in the 1950s and 1960s

Heavy snow hits the Royal Mile in Edinburgh in February 1996.

25 photos to take you back to Edinburgh in 1996

Widely regarded as one of the best films of the 1990s, Trainspotting portrays a group of friends - including Renton, Sick Boy, Begbie, and Spud as they navigate through life and battle heroin addiction. Filmed across Glasgow and Edinburgh, many remember the iconic opening scene where Renton and Spud sprint down Princes and Calton Road after a shoplifting spree

13 of the best films and TV shows filmed in Edinburgh

Exclusive Irvine Welsh on 30 years of Trainspotting and its Booker Prize snub

A Mr A Mackay prepares the last diesel train to run on North Leith Suburban Line, at Central Station in 1962.

Looking back at Leith Central Railway Station - in pictures

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) was born at 8 Howard Place on Inverleith Row but the family moved soon afterwards to 1 Inverleith Terrace and then to 17 Heriot Row (pictured) in the New Town. He was often ill as a child and it is said that looking out from the house into Queen Street Gardens, just across the road, he saw a small pond with a little island in the middle, which inspired him to write Treasure Island. He studied at Edinburgh University and qualified as an advocate but never practised law. He spent a lot of time abroad, often for his health, and finally settled in Samoa, where he died.

9 famous authors and where they lived in the Capital

Argyle House at Lady Lawson Street in the city centre is a well known landmark at the top of the hill from the Grassmarket.

'Eyesore' building used in TV drama series sells for £38m

Irvine Welsh lifts the lid on plans for ‘Trainspotting the musical’

Michael Pedersen is the new writer-in-residence at Edinburgh University.

New events set to champion Edinburgh's ‘city of literature’ status

Irvine Welsh's classic novel Trainspotting, which was later turned into a film, was almost entirely written in Edinburgh (or more accurately Leith) slang

A to Z of Edinburgh slang words and phrases

Irvine Welsh says he's cheated death many times

Irvine Welsh on cheating death in 'reckless' youth

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