Literature

  • Trainspotting (1993, 1996): A Tale of Two Tastes

    In the landscape of cultural adaptation, few works demonstrate the metamorphosis of medium  as starkly as Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting and Danny Boyle’s cinematic interpretation. Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting was one of the 90s’ defining works of cinema: fresh, exhilarating, narcissistic and… Continue reading

    Trainspotting (1993, 1996): A Tale of Two Tastes
  • Introducing: The Bookshelf

    There’s a quote I love by Ralph Waldo Emerson: “I don’t remember the books I have read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so they have made me.” Whilst I often take refuge in this phrase when… Continue reading

    Introducing: The Bookshelf