Leith the future of the station is currently in doubt. Leith is home to Leith Academy, one of the oldest schools in Scotland, and to the Leith School of Art, which along with Glasgow School of Art is one of only two independent art schools in Scotland. Leith is also home to The Queen's former floating Royal residence, The Royal Yacht "Britannia", now a five-star visitor attraction and evening events venue permanently berthed at Ocean Terminal. Irvine Welsh had his Channel 4 drama "Wedding Belles" (2007) filmed in Henderson Street. Welsh's novel "Trainspotting" and its prequel, "Skagboys" concern a group of
John Irving from his first publisher, Random House, Irving offered his fourth novel, "The World According to Garp" (1978), to Dutton, which promised him stronger commitment to marketing. The novel became an international bestseller and cultural phenomenon. It was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction in 1979 (eventually going to Tim O'Brien for "Going After Cacciato") and its first paperback edition won the Award next year. "Garp" was later made into a film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Robin Williams in the title role and Glenn Close as his mother; it garnered several Academy Award nominations, including