Hayden joined the RAF Regiment in 1997 and after a number of tours including time with No. 2 RAF Force Protection Wing at RAF Leeming – with which he served in Afghanistan for the first time – he is currently a sergeant. [2 ] He is a…
Hayden was educated at Tyndale Hall, Bristol and was ordained Deacon in 1971; and Priest in 1972. [2 ] He served curacies at Silverhill and Galleywood Common.
David Hayden is an Irish writer. His first collection of stories, Darker With the Lights On (2017), was shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize, [1 ] as well as The London Magazine & Collyer Bristow Prize. [2 ]