Paul English

The first reviews of #ToBeHereSomeday, the new book I’ve written with ⁦@deaconbluemusic⁩, are in.

(From ⁦@reallorraine⁩, another real (gone) Lorraine and ⁦@rickyaross⁩).

Our play about the Lee Jeans Sit In of 1980s Greenock is now available as a teaching resource on the National Theatre of Scotland’s education portal @NTSonline .

I’d like to think this is a resource that might be of use in drama departments, as well as maybe in History, English, Modern Studies and Politics classrooms, too.

It’s been such a rich experience to bring this story to the stage around Scotland. The idea that Stand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit In will be used to teach future generations of storytellers is every bit as rewarding.

Spread the word!

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nationaltheatrescotland.com/creative-engag…

Saw @NTSonline’s take on The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie last night @citizenstheatre. Agree with @NeilCooper1’s words here. Was quietly ashamed to say I’d neither read nor seen it before last night (and I wasn’t the only one, judging by the side-mouth asides in the foyer before and after). Glad Gayle Rankin’s JB was my first.

As he launches the new Damn Few pilot platform on Glasgow Tellyfest, I spoke to Sanjeev Kohli about the approximation of Scotland’s flags ‘as right wing totems’ ahead of his new comedy drama inspired by his immigrant parents in 1980s Glasgow.

scottishnews.com/articles/is-it…

In today’s @thetimes, I’m interviewing Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy about his new project addressing Glasgow’s relationship with immigration, now and then.

“It’s very easy to point to the brown guy and say ‘he’s the source of your problems’. Some claim that the easy way of fixing that is stopping boats or deporting people and selling that as a way of solving their problems.

“When 150 Saltires go up overnight, that’s not by accident. It’s premeditated by someone with money trying to influence an agenda. 

“A lot of the guys with balaclavas don’t sound like they have Scottish accents, so there’s an element of manipulation and organisation and pushing an agenda. I hope Glasgow stands firm as a place that welcomes people.”

It’s part of Glasgow Tellyfest.

thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…