Choose Life Choose Leith by Tim Bell sampler
By examining the book, the play and the film, Choose Life, Choose Leith both critically analyses the Trainspotting phenomenon in its various forms, and contextualises the importance of the location of Leith and the culture of 1980s Britain. Looking in detail at the history of Leith, the drug culture, the spread of HIV/AIDs, and how Trainspotting affected drug policy, Leith and the Scottish identity, the book highlights the importance of Trainspotting. Choose Life, Choose Leith acts as a reference book, a record of the times and a background as to the history that led to the real-life situation and the publication of the book.
By examining the book, the play and the film, Choose Life, Choose Leith both critically analyses the Trainspotting phenomenon in its various forms, and contextualises the importance of the location of Leith and the culture of 1980s Britain. Looking in detail at the history of Leith, the drug culture, the spread of HIV/AIDs, and how Trainspotting affected drug policy, Leith and the Scottish identity, the book highlights the importance of Trainspotting. Choose Life, Choose Leith acts as a reference book, a record of the times and a background as to the history that led to the real-life situation and the publication of the book.
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Trainspotting<br />
1. The practice or hob<strong>by</strong> of observing trains and recording the numbers of<br />
the seen locomotives<br />
2. The act of injecting heroin; so called because of the mark or track line<br />
left on the affected vein<br />
3. Referring to Irvine Welsh’s 1993 novel Trainspotting, and its lasting<br />
legacy of the ‘Trainspotting Generation’ – the over 35s impacted <strong>by</strong> the<br />
1980s heroin and hiv era
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