Paul English
Journalist at Freelance
Journalist/broadcaster/voice. Presenter BBC Radio Scotland's LostLetters; Travis:The Man Who at 20; STV Scottish Passport Author Deacon Blue:To Be Here Someday.
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3 weeks ago |
heraldscotland.com | Paul English
Justin Currie of Del Amitri performs at The O2 Arena last year in London (Image: Burak Cingi) It was in a rock ‘n’ roll-themed sushi restaurant in Columbus, Ohio, that Justin Currie found the humour in his degeneration. “In America, the waiting staff tend to be a bit wary of people on their own,” said the Del Amitri frontman, of the night his unsteady constant companion Gavin helped him see the funny side of Parkinson’s disease.
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3 weeks ago |
thetimes.com | Paul English
For nearly 250 years, it has connected communities on the north and south of the River Clyde. Yet on Saturday the historic Renfrew Ferry route across Scotland’s busiest river closed without warning, weeks after the opening of a new bridge led to a fall in passenger numbers. Owners of the ferry, run by Clydelink, announced the immediate withdrawal of the service with a post on social media.
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1 month ago |
heraldscotland.com | Paul English
“It might still sound a bit rubbish just now but AI is already being used to do their job. And it’s only going to get better at it.” Digitally-driven career obsolescence might not seem the most obvious parallel to be drawing with a folk musician and a story about colliery brass bands but dig a little deeper – pun fully intended – and the parallels are a rich seam.
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1 month ago |
thetimes.com | David Leask |Paul English
With her fiery red hair and piercing blue eyes, Iona lives up to every Hollywood stereotype of a Scottish lassie. The new face and voice of ScotRail has already been panned by some passengers for her weirdly symmetrical features and robotic, inauthentic accent. Iona is fake, generated by AI so the train operator can make her say almost anything rather than rely on pre-recorded stock phrases. But she is not 100 per cent artificial.
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1 month ago |
thenational.scot | Paul English
“Someone who was in the audience said they overheard someone near them saying: ‘Aw, they years in Taggart an’ she never sang once’,” says the actor, fresh from her run as the scene-stealing mother to Dawn Sievewright’s Roselynn in the hit stage production of Wild Rose at the Edinburgh Lyceum, where the quip was spilled. “But actually that’s not quite true.
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Caught #Keli last night at @GlasgowTramway. Hugely enjoyed. My piece on the new @NTSonline production from @martin_green_ about the legacy left when industry declines, and a community's search for purpose and hope. From @heraldscotland
"I love Keli. She’s so human, funny and I think everybody else will love her too" Liberty Black and @Martin_Green__ talk to @PaulEnglishhack about mining, music and working-class lives ahead of #KELI beginning its final week of tour at @GlasgowTramway tonight READ IN FULL 👇 https://t.co/A7Wls5pEqe
Keep Jim in your thoughts tonight. He's one of a kind.
A message about our brother, Jim. https://t.co/VCjDwhZNHE
More from my coverage of the sudden closure of @therenfrewferry last week. MPS Paul Sweeney @PaulJSweeney is calling for the ferry to sail again, linking Clyde communities on the city periphery to the centre. For @Daily_Record. https://t.co/puUhQHf4XZ