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Biographical learning as a conceptual tool for investigating learning in life transitions has gained some recognition over recent years.
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Award-winning writer Martyn Hesford encourages budding writers to break the rules, keep on going, and “believe in yourself.
Tenacity is everything.”
The BAFTA-nominated writer behind such gems as Mrs Lowry and Son wasborn in Salford and graduated from grammar school to study acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
For close to a decade, he worked as an actor in many of the country’s best-loved theatres, including The National, the Royal Court, the Crucible, and the Bristol Old Vic, as well as earning leading roles in television and film.
But it was winning the Radio Times Drama Award for his first screenplay, A Small Mourning, that led to a permanent change of career.
Martyn’s ability for getting beneath the skin of characters with his writing led to a string of successes, including ITV’s The Old Curiosity Shop starring Derek Jacobi and Martin Freeman, Sky’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with John Hannah and David Warner, and BBC Four’s Fantabulosa! starri