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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6 days 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 week 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 week 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 week 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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1 week ago |
heraldscotland.com | Paul English
“But actually that’s not quite true. I was singing in a choir in my very first episode of Taggart.” That debut performance on STV’s famous police drama may not have forced her to consider how she’d define herself, however it’s a question she has waited a long time to be asked. “I’ve been 21 years in Taggart and 21 in the theatre.
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"I’m making about £15 a month. Back in the day I would have been selling about 15 CDs at gigs and a bunch of merchandise too. That paid the mortgage or filled the car up.” I spoke to folk singer @findlaynapier about the reality of making money from recorded music in the
David's got some lovely songs, and such a distinctive voice, too. Saw him perform up close when we did @BBCRadioScot's Afternoon Show from the opening of the Wyllieum in #Greenock last year with @ladym_mcmanus. Former single of the week from one of my presenting stints on the
Order my new album today on #BandcampFriday and I’ll receive all the money! As a thank you, I’ll send you a letter wherever you are in the world! https://t.co/nu21tvvYDH
‘In Thatcher’s Britain, people felt really at risk up here. I think the questions then are things young people are asking now - is there a world for me? It’s a universal underdog story about people who need to reclaim their self respect, and ask for a little bit of dignity from