Paul Burston
Cover reveal!
Here’s the finalised front cover for We Can Be Heroes, complete with a cover quote from Russell T Davies. Photo by Gordon Rainsford. I...
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Paul Burston
Jan 10, 20233 min read
Bowie & me
There’s a scene in Todd Haynes’ glam rock film, ‘Velvet Goldmine’, where Christian Bale’s character is in his parents’ living room,...
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Paul Burston
Jan 8, 20232 min read
Children of the Sun
I loved this book, though it took me a while to read it. I began, appropriately enough, on a sunny beach in Tenerife - and finished it...
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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
Dec 23, 20223 min read
2022 and all that.
It wasn’t the best of years. It wasn’t the worst of years. Here are some of my highlights and lowlights of 2022 - Reconnected with old...
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Paul Burston
Dec 21, 20222 min read
American Scholar
Novels in which the main character is a novelist can tend towards self-indulgence. And I say that as someone who’s published one (The...
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Paul Burston
Dec 14, 20222 min read
More rave reviews of We Can Be Heroes
Huge thanks to everyone who’s read an advance copy of We Can Be Heroes and shared their thoughts! As Mr Bowie used to say, "love on ya!"...
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Paul Burston
Dec 12, 20222 min read
Difference Is Born On The Lips
Part memoir, part meditation on what it means to be othered as a working class gay man, this book is beautifully written, brave,...
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Paul Burston
Nov 19, 20221 min read
Proofs have landed!
Yesterday I held a copy of my memoir in my hand for the very first time. It was... emotional. It's always a special moment when you first...
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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
Nov 3, 20221 min read
We Can Be Heroes : Neil Bartlett
Bette Bourne & Neil Bartlett in A Vision of Love Revealed In Sleep, 1989 Welcome to the latest episode of We Can Be Heroes podcast with...
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Paul Burston
Oct 23, 20221 min read
We Can Be Heroes : Adele Anderson
New episode of We Can Be Heroes with singer, actress, trans icon and my good friend Adele Anderson of Fascinating Aida. Here she is...
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Paul Burston
Oct 18, 20221 min read
Polari turns 15!
Next month, Polari will be 15 years old! Yes, it'll be a whopping 15 years since we hosted our first ever event upstairs at the Green...
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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
Oct 3, 20221 min read
We Can Be Heroes with Bernardine Evaristo
It's not often that I get to sit down and chat with a Booker winning author. But I've known Bernardine Evaristo for many years and...
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Paul Burston
Sep 1, 20222 min read
20 months, still sober
Today I am 20 months sober. When I began this journey, I didn’t know what to expect. Would I still be able to socialise? Would life...
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Paul Burston
Aug 26, 20222 min read
Some thoughts about Cruise
Cruise as in looking for sex. Cruise as in rising ’80s star Tom Cruise, he of the aviator shades and winning grin in hot new Hollywood...
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Paul Burston
Aug 18, 20221 min read
Polari Prize - The Shortlists
Coming up in September we have three events linked to this year's Polari Prize shortlists. On September 1 we're at The Printworks,...
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Paul Burston
Jul 27, 20221 min read
A crash course for the ravers
Obviously, I couldn't produce a podcast called We Can Be Heroes and NOT interview Bowie expert Nicholas Pegg. The tenth and final episode...
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Paul Burston
Jul 11, 20221 min read
A Survivor's Story
My memoir We Can Be Heroes will be published next June by Little A and is now available to preorder. It features David Bowie (of course),...
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