Memoir 2/2

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...

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...

Paul Burston

May 2, 20222 min read

Shame on you, Stonewall

Not a word of remembrance for those who died. Not a show of solidarity with those who survived. Not a mention.

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Paul Burston

Mar 9, 20223 min read

Over the wall

In some ways, I’m still catapulting condoms over prison walls - only now they’re landing where they’re needed most.

Paul Burston

Dec 9, 20211 min read

We Can Be Heroes

“What d’you say?” I’m thrilled to announce that my memoir will be published by Amazon Publishing imprint Little A. It’s called We Can Be...

Paul Burston

Jul 1, 20212 min read

Six months sober

Today I’m six months sober. To mark the occasion, I’ve decided to keep a journal – not just to keep track of my sobriety, but also for...

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...

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...

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...