About Damian Literary Salon Same Storm
Writer & Broadcaster.
 

Writer & Broadcaster

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Stories are for everybody. And everybody has a story.

I’m a writer, broadcaster and host. My life is all about writing, telling and celebrating stories - especially those that are overlooked or hidden. In my own books, on radio, on telly and on stage.

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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
Repeat after Mary (and me): your work matters, your words, your pictures, your music, your garden, your community - whatever thing it is you are creating and tending. Ofc ‘time’ is so wrapped up in money and space and energy - we don&rsq
That’s Janey away. God did she burn bright. You can meet her in her memoirs - more happens on page one than in most lives. She survived abuse and injustice from the earliest age with humour and courage. I can hear her laughing now. I will alway
Thank you for yesterday! It’s just been me and these two for years. So it’s nice to finally have company - a party even! And these two liked to party, putting it mildly. This is Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun. Or Bobby and Robert,