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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Praise for <strong>Leith</strong> Walks:<br />
Top tour. sunday times<br />
A vibrant event. edinburgh unesco city of literature<br />
Enlightening, entertaining and very knowledgeable, <strong>Tim</strong> really helps the place and<br />
the story come alive. colm lynch, 14 june 2018<br />
If you love the book or the film or both this is a tour you need to take. lars, 23<br />
april 2018<br />
<strong>Tim</strong> will make you see the story with different eyes. anja, 15 january 2018<br />
The man is a fount of knowledge, with rich political and social perspectives on the<br />
book and its location, as well as insightful critical views of both book and film.<br />
colin salter, 26 august 2017<br />
[<strong>Bell</strong>] is at once warm, didactic, and encyclopaedic… he does an excellent job at<br />
describing selected scenes within the context of the surroundings. camille boushey,<br />
the student newspaper<br />
Praise for Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting:<br />
Irvine Welsh’s grimy novel of addiction has emerged as the public’s favourite Scottish<br />
novel of the past 50 years. liz bury, the guardian<br />
Irvine Welsh’s writes with skill, wit, and compassion that amounts to genius. He is<br />
the best thing that has happened to British writing in decades. nick horn<strong>by</strong><br />
The voice of punk, grown up, grown wiser and grown eloquent. sunday times<br />
The best book ever written <strong>by</strong> man or woman... Deserves to sell more copies than<br />
the Bible. rebel inc<br />
An unremitting powerhouse of a novel that marked the arrival of a major new talent.<br />
herald<br />
A page-turner... Trainspotting gives lies to any notions of a classless society. independent<br />
on sunday
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