Paul Burston
The power of goodbye - and a seal of approval
This is the change I’d like to see in the year ahead - for me to finally learn the power of goodbye.
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Paul Burston
Feb 27, 20232 min read
A crash course for the ravers
I’m sitting here, eagerly anticipating the launch of my memoir on June 1, watching my We Can Be Heroes book tour grow day by day – Bath,...
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Paul Burston
Jan 1, 20232 min read
New year, new me?
It’s high time for me to reconnect with the brave young man I was - and take better care of the older, battle scarred one I’ve become.
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Paul Burston
Oct 9, 20221 min read
We Can Be Heroes with David Hodge
This week's podcast is about a bullied young gay boy called David Hodge who reinvented himself as Dusty O, made friends with Boy George,...
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Paul Burston
Jun 16, 20221 min read
We Can Be Heroes with David McAlmont
The second episode of We Can Be Heroes is available now on Acast, Apple, Google and Spotify. My special guest is singer-songwriter and...
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Paul Burston
Jun 1, 20221 min read
We Can Be Heroes – the podcast
I'm currently working on the copyedit for my memoir, We Can Be Heroes, which is out next summer. Meanwhile, I've been busy working on a...
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Paul Burston
Mar 2, 20223 min read
“I’m wasted here, aren’t I?”
Do you ever get the feeling you’re being undervalued? I know I do. And when I do I tend to make a joke of it and think of Susie Blake’s...
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Paul Burston
Mar 12, 20212 min read
Ten weeks sober
Photo by Ketut Subiyanto It’s ten weeks today since I last drank any alcohol. Here are a few things I’ve discovered - It’s been far...
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Paul Burston
Jan 1, 20212 min read
“And I’ll drink all the time”
For much of the past year, I’ve been working on a memoir. It’s about a lot of things - AIDS activism, David Bowie, love and loss, nearly...
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Paul Burston
Apr 11, 20202 min read
Lockdown Bookclub – Maurice
As an isolated gay teenager growing up in South Wales, my introductions to gay literature came largely via the medium of queer pop. I...
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Paul Burston
Apr 8, 20202 min read
Lockdown Bookclub – Workin’ It!
When a book comes lavished with praise from Elton John, Tori Spelling and Vanessa Williams, you know you’re in celebrity love-in...
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Paul Burston
Apr 7, 20202 min read
Lockdown Bookclub – Who Was That Man?
Subtitled ‘A Present for Mr Oscar Wilde’, Neil Bartlett’s first book is both a testament to the legacy of Wilde and an insight into the...
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