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
Brooke Combe grew up in Dalkeith, near Edinburgh (Image: Jack Finnegan) When she low-balled her music exam, Brooke Combe’s teacher told her she would be better off doing something else. “I got a ‘C’ in the prelim for my Nat 5, and one of them pulled me into a classroom and told me to drop the subject,” says the Edinburgh singer, who (successfully) ignored that particular pastoral intervention. “I probably did see it as a piss-take class, a skive, in those days.
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3 weeks ago |
heraldscotland.com | Paul English
Mike Scott’s love affair with the photography of actor Dennis Hopper has culminated in a project featuring a galaxy of music stars, from Earle to Springsteen The first voice on the new Waterboys album isn’t a Waterboy. “It had to be the first track, because it’s the chronology of the story,” says the band’s frontman Mike Scott.
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1 month ago |
thetimes.com | Carla Jenkins |Paul English |Lucinda Cameron
BBC Scotland's decision to cancel its only homegrown soap, River City, threatens future opportunities for aspiring Scottish actors and the wider TV production industry, the BBC has been warned. The long-running drama, set in the fictional setting of Shieldinch, is to come to an end next year after more than two decades. Its final series will air in autumn 2026.
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1 month ago |
edinburghlive.co.uk | Paul English |Lee Dalgetty
Michelle McManus has said she thought Robbie Williams was pranking her when he asked her to join him on stage at Murrayfield. The Pop Idol winner will join the former Take That singer in front of 70,000 people at the Edinburgh gig this summer, reports the Daily Record. Williams invited the Glasgow singer to join him as a special guest, as he kicks off his world tour. The 'unexpected' invite came during an interview on her BBC Radio Scotland Afternoons show on Thursday.
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1 month ago |
thescottishsun.co.uk | Paul English
MICHELLE McManus revealed she thought Robbie Williams was at the wind-up — after he asked her to perform at his Scots megagig. The Pop Idol winner, 44, was interviewing former Take That heart-throb Robbie, 51, on her radio show this afternoon when he proposed the shock duet. They will now belt out a song together in front of .
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In today's @Daily_Record, my interview with Emma Parry, the granddaughter #LiverpoolFC legend Bill Shankly, on plans to rebuild his family home in Glenbuck, Ayrshire, as a place of pilgrimage for Reds fans. Also, #Outlander actor Keith Fleming on his hopes for a Scottish run for https://t.co/5Z6iGrT0L1
"I've got myself there. Sometimes people aren’t getting there because basically their stuff is shite.” Brooke Combe's not holding back. And there's plenty more besides, on race, gender equality, and 'white lads bands' in my interview with her for @heraldscotland. She's at
RT @heraldscotland: Mike Scott’s love affair with the photography of actor Dennis Hopper has culminated in a project featuring a galaxy of…
