Samuel Daram 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 🇱🇰

Award-winning screenwriter, playwright & documentary filmmaker. Creator of TAYLOR SWIFT'S DOG; TEARDROP ISLAND; and RAQQA, GREAT BRITAIN.

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Disney supposed to have said, "If you can dream it, you can do it." I dreamed this moment of having a play inspired by @jk_rowling & @taylorswift13 open in London. I want my works to inspire other people to do greater things. https://t.co/fSTbNZSI2N

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Your entire life will change when you learn to love what most people avoid. Wake up early. Focus. Move your body. Eat real foods. Obsess over one thing. Read old books. Be present. Listen intently. Change your mind. Have difficult conversations. The recipe for a good life.

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Yes to enthusiasm as well as affabilty or being agreeable in regular encounters & conversations. What's a real turn off is when someone is constantly being a contrarian.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The older I get, the more I realize that one of the most attractive traits is genuine enthusiasm. It's energizing to spend time around people who show real excitement for life. For people, ideas, and tiny moments. It takes courage to care so openly. Enthusiasm is contagious.

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I'm convinced that it’s perfectly ok to live a life that looks confusing to others. Wake up early. Do hard things. Focus deeply. Eat real foods. Go on walks. Obsess over one thing. Read old books. Avoid drama. Save money. Never gossip. Love your people. Recipe for a good life.

[Chris Williamson @ChrisWillx]

In life, you must choose your regrets.

“You'll regret it if you get married. You'll regret it if you don't get married. You'll regret it if you have kids, and you'll regret it if you don't.

Kierkegaard said this 200 years ago as follows:

‘Whatever you choose, you'll regret it. Because the problem isn't in your choices; it's in romanticizing a life you haven't lived.

A person always finds an untraveled path alluring and mysterious.

That's why the issue isn't making the right choice.

It's choosing and deciding which regret you'll live with.’

What have you decided?” — Salih Guney

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Yes, this really is the "most underrated trait in a romantic partner..."

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

I’m convinced that the most underrated trait in a romantic partner is that they bring peace into your life. Days are filled with enough chaos and uncertainty. Being able to come home to someone who defaults to emotional consistency, who creates a peace, is massively underrated.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The older I get, the more I realize the power of emotional consistency. The ability to show up as the same person when you’re tired, stressed, or under pressure. Anyone can shine when life is smooth. It’s rare to remain steady even when the day gives you every reason not to.

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DIGGER. Your first impression in 3 words?

I shall go first:

Bonkers. Moxie. Inspiring.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

You are better equipped to deal with stress when you are moving.

When you feel tense or frustrated or worried, it is difficult to think your way into feeling better. The more you think about the situation, the larger it becomes in your mind. Trying to think your way out of it often leads to a spiral of overthinking and rumination.

The first step is not to think something different, but to do something different. It doesn’t matter what. Stretch on the floor, go for a walk, work on a project. Get out of your mind and move your body.

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Hydration breaks?

But where are the urination breaks?

Reading Tina Brown, I found myself wondering about one of the great unanswered questions of this World Cup.

To offer urination breaks, of course, would really be taking the piss.

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Watching England Versus Ghana in Canada on TSN's streaming platform! From which corner of the world are you cheering on England today? @TSN_Sports

#ThreeLions #EnglandGhana #WorldCup #ItsComingHome

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E.M. Forster: “Only connect.”

A World Cup. An Arsenal shirt. A stranger in Calgary.

That’s the whole story.

If you care about sport, culture, or human connection in 2026, this is for you on Substack.

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The image I'll remember from Canada's 6-0 thumping of Qatar wasn't a goal.

It was Nathan Saliba holding up Ismaël Koné's shirt.

Shakespeare understood such moments:

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers."

When has sport shown you humanity at its best? ⚽📚🇨🇦

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"We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be."
Joan Didion

England at the World Cup makes me think of Sri Lanka, England, Canada and who I used to be in each place.

What match or moment still connects you to an earlier version of yourself?

[David Senra @FoundersPodcast]

Sage advice from Rick Rubin:

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At 13, after fleeing the Sri Lankan civil war, I saw John Barnes and felt I belonged.

Now I watch Bukayo Saka and wonder:

Is this England?

Or is it something even more interesting?

#WorldCup2026 #ThreeLions