Reheated Cabbage
From Junk Dilemmas: An Irvine Welsh Podcast by Damien Kiely and James King
January 29, 2026 · 1h 20m · Episode 35
About this episode
The episode discusses Irvine Welsh's short story collection 'Reheated Cabbage' with a focus on its dark humor and themes.
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.
People in this episode
Hosts: Damien Kiely, James King
Topics covered
- Irvine Welsh
- short stories
- literature
- humor
- trauma
- family dynamics
Keywords
- Irvine Welsh
- Reheated Cabbage
- short stories
- literature
- humor
- trauma
- Begbie
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Reheated Cabbage, Irvine's short story collection
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