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 nominations for Close and John Lithgow. Irving makes a brief cameo in the film as an official in one of Garp's high school wrestling matches. "Garp" transformed Irving from an obscure, academic literary writer to a household name, and his subsequent books were bestsellers. The next was "The Hotel New Hampshire" (1981), which sold well despite mixed reviews from critics. Like "Garp", the novel was quickly made into a film, this time directed by Tony Richardson and starring Jodie Foster, Rob Lowe, and Beau Bridges. "Interior Space", a short story originally published in "Fiction" magazine in 1980, later appeared in