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Globetrotting fun now, from the US, Spain and back to Scotland with stories of snakebites, horny expats, mystery Korean dishes, sinister taxidermy and the cut-throat world of tournament table football. It’s Irvine’s short story collection from 2007 - If You Liked School You'll Love Work.

It's not quite been 84 years like Titanic, but it's well past  podcast o'clock, so here we go again.  This time we discuss a story of secrets, identity, Michelin star food and a weird voodoo-like curse that passes your hangovers on to some other poor c*nt.   It's our special World Cup episode* on the 2006 novel,  The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs, out now!         *Nothing to do with the World Cup, although Hibs and Arsenal are mentioned.

Hungry? Why wait?  Grab a bowl and help yourself to a large serving of our new episode, covering Irvine's short story collection from 2009, Reheated Cabbage. Maybe take some napkins too, because with tales including traumatic amputation by locomotive, afterlife buggery and a Begbie family Christmas dinner, things will get messy.

We review the 1999 film, co-written by Irvine Welsh and Jimmy McGovern, that tells the story of the 1990's Liverpool dockers strike.

Wake up, it's time for your next love injection. Men in Love part 2 is ready now for insertion into your welcoming ears.

The summer of love isn’t over until we say so..   It’s about time we talked about the book of 2025 – the romance charged, new middle child of the Leigh Boys saga – Men in Love.   Part one of our review available now on all good podcast platforms.

We're back to finish the Crime trilogy, as Ray Lennox finally catches up with the monsters that have haunted and shaped him for decades. It's our review of Resolution (2024)

Time to say goodbye to one of Welsh's most loved characters  (until he is back in Men in Love in July anyway) Our new episode - part two on Dead Men's Trousers from 2018 - is out now.

Renton, Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie are back, but trouble isn't far behind in the form of psychotic coppers, organ traffickers and horny in-laws. And, for one of them, it'll be the end of the road. Part one of our discussion on Dead Men's Trousers, from 2018, is out now

You are cordially invited to our latest episode, discussing a tale of forthcoming nuptials, murder, crack and a bit of Northern Soul. It's Wedding Belles, a film from 2007, directed by Philip John and written by Irvine Welsh and Dean Kavanagh.

We're off to Miami again, as a sadistic personal trainer breaks in a new client in a way only Irvine Welsh can think up...its our review of the 2014 novel - The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins

We're back with a Christmas special* as DI Ray Lennox returns to catch a serial killer, while still battling his own demons. It's Crime Series 2, complete with our new theme tune, available now *Not even remotely Christmassy

Best wear a protective cup, gentlemen, there's a couple of penis removing maniacs on the loose in the second installment of Irvine Welsh's Crime trilogy - The Long Knives (2023) Find out what Jem and I thought of it.

We discuss the return of a new, "nicer" Begbie in his very own standalone story from 2016.

New Episode alert Within the pages of Trainspotting is a stand alone story that doesn't feature any of the main characters and is one of the nastiest, most f****d up things Welsh has written. In 2005, a short film adaptation of it was made...let's see if it's shite or not..