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Graeme Armstrong
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✦ RAVEHEART ✦ available now! Times besteller, THE YOUNG TEAM. Granta Best Young British Novelist. PhD @UniStrathclyde @BlakeFriedmann
- Ten years ago tonight, I turned up at my maw’s door in crisis, at the end of my tether from years of addiction, gangs and violence. She took me to church at midnight and I promised it was finished. I’m grateful she did. Ten years aff it! Merry Christmas, troops #TheYoungTeam
- Couldn’t be a more fitting tribute to the educators who helped transform my life from gang member to author and PhD student on World Teachers Day. Thank you for everything… been a privilege to follow in their big footsteps in schools this last year. #TeachersDay #StreetGangsSometimes all you need is someone to believe in you. #StreetGangs is available to watch now on @BBCiPlayer bbc.in/3F33QCE
00:00 - Absolutely delighted to be working with @RFC_Youth next year to deliver workshops on important community issues in Scotland. As a lifelong fan of the club, it goes without saying, it’s a massive privilege to support the Academy education team 💙♥️ @CGSportEducate
- There goes 9 years… start to finish, this wis a mission! A mad yin coming somewhere soon :):):):) #Raveheart
- Can’t decide if I was more nervous before my own Higher English exam 15 years ago or tonight, with so many young people studying my work. Take 5 mins to read Qs, calmly make a plan with your evidence then crack on. If he can get an A… you can too!
- Incoming, troops 🤛 In this new 3 part series, we’re all around the country asking the important question: Are there still gangs in Scotland? 🏴 …and if so, how do you get out? 10pm, Wed 4th Oct on @BBCScotland channel 📺 @TernTelevision #StreetGangs #GraemeArmstrong
- Fae roaming the schemes tae yer tv screens... Absolutely buzzing to tell yees that #TheYoungTeam adaptation is coming soon with @SynchronicityF and @BTagoe17 @AdrianMcDowall‘The Young Team,’ Acclaimed Novel About Scotland Gang Culture, Gets TV Adaptation By Synchronicity Films (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2021/tv/global…
- Four years ago today #TheYoungTeam launched. Grateful for all the opportunity it’s given to work in the community for the real young team… the absolute highlight of my career. Thank you for aw the love, troops!
- Excited to say I’m starting my PhD journey at @UniStrathclyde under the talented supervision of @RodgeGlass and @AndrewMeehanEsq With some invaluable collaboration from @UofGlasgow and Scots Language expert @JoannaKopaczyk Long road ahead but feel very privileged to be here!
- ‘SCOTLAND THE RAVE’ Meet the pioneers of Scottish rave culture. DJs, dancers, drugs experts, promoters, PCDJ legends and the ravers who lived it🍭 HWFG BBC Scotland- Tues 24th Aug at 10 pm #ScotlandtheRave
- The community response to #StreetGangs has been overwhelming. It highlights the importance of telling stories like these more often and telling them with compassion. All eps on iPlayer now… bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… @TernTelevision @BBCScotland
