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Writer & Broadcaster.
 

Writer & Broadcaster

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Stories are for everybody. And everybody has a story.

I’m a writer and broadcaster. My life is all about writing, telling and celebrating stories - especially those that are overlooked or hidden. My new novel is The Two Roberts, out in September 2025 with Canongate. I’m also curating an exhibition of their work (and world) at Charleston in Lewes, opening October 2025.

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Top right I was still a student at Lancaster, this photo is in Manchester where we used to go for Affleck’s Palace etc and bottom left I’ve graduated and working at the Times and still reading actual papers - miss these PJs. The bottom le
Thank you @philipnormal for this sartorial statement. I shared it on my stories yesterday and loads of you asked where you can get your own - @philipnormal is your answer. #solidarityforever #philipnormal #fashionstatements
I fixed their branding for them. Couldn’t resist. Now want some cheese.
I couldn’t be more proud of my wee sister. Some of you have met her in Maggie & Me, on the page or stage. Here she is! She’s an actual hero, working in fire & rescue. She’s saved me many a time. Happy birthday, Tinie. X #
This is the face of a man who has made his book deadline AND got his hair rumped. Both cuts very necessary. #amediting #haircutmen #damianbarr
This popped up in my insta memories, me and bright lovely @alancummingreally He was appearing on a show I made during lockdown called Shelf Isolation. Folk recommended books and box sets and podcasts and culture that said something about them and spo
How hot is Robert Colquhoun here? This is him, drawn in 1939, by his lover Robert MacBryde. I use that term because it’s what they used, often in jest MA LOVER! Colquhoun is 25 here. I think he looks really contemporary, like a Glasgow Southsid
Been thinking about this all day. It’s further proof, if any were needed, of why we need to keep writing, painting, singing, gardening, drawing, designing, generally turning our truth into something outside of ourselves. A thing other people ca
Not to diminish real fears or hardships, not to deny the rising darkness…but also not to give in to despair. I wish I could credit the creator of this meme, which is doing the rounds. ❤️ 📕 ❤️ 📕 ❤️ 📖 #bannedbooks #amwritingfiction #rea
I’m happy to make cuts - the easier a cut is to make, the more it is needed. GOODBYE EXTENDED CHILDHOOD FLASHBACK. AU REVOIR ADVERB. Etc I will soon be at the stage where I can’t see the words for trees and then it’ll be back to my
Speechless this morning. I went to bed last night full of hope and woke up this morning full of dread. This word, from @susiedent , sums it up. There is so much more to say and think and eventually to do. Solidarity. #wordoftheday📖 #solidarity #r
I’ve been thinking about this a lot, especially as the novel i’m editing is about two men in love before, during and after World War II, when the world was ending and any kind of future seemed impossible (especially for them). When and