Paul Carey Jones
@paulcareyjones.bsky.social
Welsh-Irish opera singer 🏴 🇮🇪 🎶
Research on #MachineLearning and the human voice at University of Westminster, London
#Cymraeg
www.paulcareyjones.net
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freelancersmaketheatrework.com
Research on #MachineLearning and the human voice at University of Westminster, London
#Cymraeg
www.paulcareyjones.net
keynoteartistmanagement.com/artists/paul-carey-jones/
freelancersmaketheatrework.com
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I’ve been switching off Radio 3 when the news comes on directly
because of the blatantly racist headlines. There is a deep sickness at the heart of British society.
because of the blatantly racist headlines. There is a deep sickness at the heart of British society.
It really is, it's creeping into Radio 3 too.
I'm convinced it's a deliberate strategy to create a background narrative to casual listeners that immigration is a "crisis issue".
I'm convinced it's a deliberate strategy to create a background narrative to casual listeners that immigration is a "crisis issue".
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I’ve been switching off Radio 3 when the news comes on directly
because of the blatantly racist headlines. There is a deep sickness at the heart of British society.
because of the blatantly racist headlines. There is a deep sickness at the heart of British society.
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
At music college, I would take these to acting class every week and see if I could recruit a Rosencrantz. (Or a Guildenstern. I didn’t discriminate at all.) In the end I had to be banned from bringing them to let us do some opera.
Either Stoppard was a genius or there’s no such thing. RIP 💔
Either Stoppard was a genius or there’s no such thing. RIP 💔
November 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
At music college, I would take these to acting class every week and see if I could recruit a Rosencrantz. (Or a Guildenstern. I didn’t discriminate at all.) In the end I had to be banned from bringing them to let us do some opera.
Either Stoppard was a genius or there’s no such thing. RIP 💔
Either Stoppard was a genius or there’s no such thing. RIP 💔
I’ve never since been able to hear the word “delve” without giggling. 💔
November 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I’ve never since been able to hear the word “delve” without giggling. 💔
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RIP. "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" is brilliant. This passage delivered by Gary Oldman in the film hits me hard every time.
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
RIP. "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" is brilliant. This passage delivered by Gary Oldman in the film hits me hard every time.
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what the fuck are we going to do without Tom Stoppard
November 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
what the fuck are we going to do without Tom Stoppard
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"The procession is very long and life is very short."
my favorite passage of his
We shed as we pick up.
[farewell to the master]
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"The procession is very long and life is very short."
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His IMDB profile would be incredibly impressive on its own. I had no idea until now that he was a script doctor on so many major movies!
www.imdb.com/name/nm00017...
www.imdb.com/name/nm00017...
November 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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GUILDENSTERN: There must have been a moment, at the beginning, where we could have said-no. But somehow we missed it.
(He looks round and sees he is alone.)
Rosen--?
Guil--?
(He gathers himself.)
Well, we'll know better next time. Now you see me, now you-
(And disappears.)
Thank you, #TomStoppard 😢
(He looks round and sees he is alone.)
Rosen--?
Guil--?
(He gathers himself.)
Well, we'll know better next time. Now you see me, now you-
(And disappears.)
Thank you, #TomStoppard 😢
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
GUILDENSTERN: There must have been a moment, at the beginning, where we could have said-no. But somehow we missed it.
(He looks round and sees he is alone.)
Rosen--?
Guil--?
(He gathers himself.)
Well, we'll know better next time. Now you see me, now you-
(And disappears.)
Thank you, #TomStoppard 😢
(He looks round and sees he is alone.)
Rosen--?
Guil--?
(He gathers himself.)
Well, we'll know better next time. Now you see me, now you-
(And disappears.)
Thank you, #TomStoppard 😢
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Just took Coast of Utopia down from the shelf. May we live up to it.
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Just took Coast of Utopia down from the shelf. May we live up to it.
51 years old. Walking around shops on the last Saturday in November arguing with the Christmas songs playing over the tannoy. I suppose we all know that day will come at some point. Even so.
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
51 years old. Walking around shops on the last Saturday in November arguing with the Christmas songs playing over the tannoy. I suppose we all know that day will come at some point. Even so.
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Our response in @TheStage to the new levy on overnight trips announced earlier this week and the additional financial burden that could be passed on to freelancers.
Read the full article here: www.thestage.co.uk/news/freelan...
#TouristTax #OvernightLevy #UKBudget #Budget #Budget2025 #Theatre
Read the full article here: www.thestage.co.uk/news/freelan...
#TouristTax #OvernightLevy #UKBudget #Budget #Budget2025 #Theatre
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Our response in @TheStage to the new levy on overnight trips announced earlier this week and the additional financial burden that could be passed on to freelancers.
Read the full article here: www.thestage.co.uk/news/freelan...
#TouristTax #OvernightLevy #UKBudget #Budget #Budget2025 #Theatre
Read the full article here: www.thestage.co.uk/news/freelan...
#TouristTax #OvernightLevy #UKBudget #Budget #Budget2025 #Theatre
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Honestly "Don't Engage, Just Block" has transformed my social media experience so profoundly that it's hard for me to describe. It's just so much better to be online now.
i also liked the fact that most of us who had come from the other site had the mentality of not giving "bad actors" the benefit of the doubt on here , and told all to block, not mute, an move on
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Honestly "Don't Engage, Just Block" has transformed my social media experience so profoundly that it's hard for me to describe. It's just so much better to be online now.
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UK migration politics now comes down to each government generating its own intractable labour shortage
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
UK migration politics now comes down to each government generating its own intractable labour shortage
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The threat to UK growth from falling net migration. How could the government have missed this?
One big risk to the OBR forecasts has already materialised -migration is falling more quickly than their projections and that will hit growth and tax revenue.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
UK net migration drops sharply to 204,000 in year to June - live updates
Net migration fell by around two-thirds - from 649,000 in the year to June 2024 to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The threat to UK growth from falling net migration. How could the government have missed this?
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Freelancers working away from home could face “an additional financial burden” under plans for a new levy on overnight visitors across England.
Read more 👇
Read more 👇
Freelancers face ‘additional financial burden’ under visitor levy plans
Freelancers working away from home could face 'an additional financial burden' under plans for a new levy on overnight visitors across England.
www.thestage.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Freelancers working away from home could face “an additional financial burden” under plans for a new levy on overnight visitors across England.
Read more 👇
Read more 👇
A not well enough known fact is the extent to which Selina Cadell,
aside from her many other achievements, is responsible for teaching so many of my generation of British opera singers to act. #ExhibitA
aside from her many other achievements, is responsible for teaching so many of my generation of British opera singers to act. #ExhibitA
You can keep your Poirots and your Marples, the greatest murder mystery moment on tv is when John Nettles discovers Selina Cadell has been popped into a tumble drier
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A not well enough known fact is the extent to which Selina Cadell,
aside from her many other achievements, is responsible for teaching so many of my generation of British opera singers to act. #ExhibitA
aside from her many other achievements, is responsible for teaching so many of my generation of British opera singers to act. #ExhibitA
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This is brutal and just shoves vulnerable broke people into homelessness.
The government’s decision to halve the time limit for refugees to leave Home Office accommodation is driving people into homelessness and exploitation, according to migrant rights campaigners and homelessness charities
By me, for @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/new-asylum...
By me, for @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/new-asylum...
New asylum policies making homeless refugees “targets for the far right”
Labour’s abrupt return to the 28-day move-on period is pushing vulnerable people into rough sleeping and exposing them to fraud and abuse.
national.thelead.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is brutal and just shoves vulnerable broke people into homelessness.
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In this week's @TheStage, @LynGardner says the industry must put the joy back into theatremaking to stop the talent drain and that "the first step in making change is identifying that there’s a problem."
Read the full article here: www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/put-...
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork
Read the full article here: www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/put-...
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In this week's @TheStage, @LynGardner says the industry must put the joy back into theatremaking to stop the talent drain and that "the first step in making change is identifying that there’s a problem."
Read the full article here: www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/put-...
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork
Read the full article here: www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/put-...
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork
This trend in cinema also seems to have bled in to theatre lighting too - I’ve lost count of the number of operas where I’ve wished I could see the singers’ faces.
Read my latest piece for the Guardian, asking what happened to vibrant and saturated colour in film! I chat with experts and critics to get to the bottom of it: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
Hollywood’s dark era: where did all the colour from movies go?
Blockbuster sequel Wicked: For Good has become the latest film to receive complaints about both the lack of colour and the inconsistent lighting
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
This trend in cinema also seems to have bled in to theatre lighting too - I’ve lost count of the number of operas where I’ve wished I could see the singers’ faces.
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This is £600m from the same university sector that is pretty close to collapse in a growing number of major institutions?
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This is £600m from the same university sector that is pretty close to collapse in a growing number of major institutions?
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
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If the government can retrospectively apply immigration laws to refugees, it can also make things you did in the past that were legal at the time illegal and throw you in prison for them. I could make retrospective taxes and bill you for what you made ten years ago, for example.
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If the government can retrospectively apply immigration laws to refugees, it can also make things you did in the past that were legal at the time illegal and throw you in prison for them. I could make retrospective taxes and bill you for what you made ten years ago, for example.
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Making these changes retroactively is a fundamentally unethical thing. Moving the goalposts. It’s cheating
At least 160,000 people have been granted refugee status over the past five years. It now seems they are intended to be caught by the Government’s plans to make refugees wait up to 20 years for settlement - even for those just months away from ILR
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Making these changes retroactively is a fundamentally unethical thing. Moving the goalposts. It’s cheating
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There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
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This will reduce the numbers of foreign students coming to the UK and simply leave a bigger hole in the higher education budget which the government will probably fix with higher student fees for the rest of us.
"reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student university fees"
keep going gang! one of these unhinged plans is bound to pay off eventually!! (does not pay off and everything is on fire)
keep going gang! one of these unhinged plans is bound to pay off eventually!! (does not pay off and everything is on fire)
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This will reduce the numbers of foreign students coming to the UK and simply leave a bigger hole in the higher education budget which the government will probably fix with higher student fees for the rest of us.