Iain Banks interviewed for The Independent

Cole Moreton interviewed Iain for British daily The Independent back at the beginning of the month. The interviewer was very interested in Iain’s politics and the fact that he’s now renewed his UK passport, which he famously cut up and sent to Number 10, Downing Street in protest at the UK’s involvement in the Iraq War.

Style-watchers will note that Iain is also very pleased indeed with his new leather jacket…