From Glastonbury and Steve Jobs to U2 and Bowie: Scotland the Best author Peter Irvine reveals the extraordinary life behind his new novel Crossing the Sound

Daily Mail - Oct 16, 2026

Peter Irvine is a modern Scottish polymath who is conscious of the many rabbit holes interviewers can lose themselves in when piecing together his extraordinary life.

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