Paul Burston
“All is transient” - or why I bother
“All is transient. Does it matter? Do I bother?” - David Bowie Three years ago this month, I received a grant from Arts Council England...
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Paul Burston
Nov 14, 20223 min read
We Can Be Heroes - early reviews
My forthcoming memoir went out into the world last week, via Netgalley. Physical proof copies will be sent for advance reviews soon. This...
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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 21, 20204 min read
Lockdown Bookclub – The Good Son
There aren’t many sassy, sexually-ambiguous, ten year-old, Irish first-person narrators in fiction. So thank heavens for Mickey Donnelly....
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Paul Burston
Apr 16, 20204 min read
Lockdown Bookclub – Valley of the Dolls
In the ’60s, her name was synonymous with all things hip and swinging. Her fashion sense was imitated by millions. And on the day...
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Paul Burston
Apr 15, 20203 min read
Lockdown Bookclub – Tennessee Williams, Memoirs
When Tennessee Williams’s memoirs were first published in 1975, one reviewer wrote: ‘If he has not exactly opened his heart, he has...
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Paul Burston
Apr 14, 20202 min read
Lockdown Bookclub – Erotic Lives of the Superheroes
These are queer times for superheroes. Last October, Batwoman came out as the first crime-fighting lesbian to front her own TV show....
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Paul Burston
Apr 13, 20202 min read
Lockdown Bookclub – A Place Called Winter
My last post about EM Forster and Maurice got me thinking about another much-loved, more recent read. Published in 2015 and shortlisted...
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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 9, 20204 min read
Lockdown Bookclub – Ziggyology
‘I never thought I’d need so many people’ - Five Years I’m writing this during the third week of lockdown and the fourth week since we...
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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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Paul Burston
Apr 6, 20202 min read
Lockdown Bookclub – My Judy Garland Life
As the title suggests, this isn’t a run-of-the-mill biography of Garland but a personal meditation on how the star shaped the author’s...
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Paul Burston
Apr 5, 20202 min read
Lockdown Bookclub – Confessions of a Pretty Lady
In 1989 I was entrusted with the role of ‘media liaison officer’ for ACT-UP London and enjoying a media liaison with a young Canadian TV...
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