Paul Gregory
@paulgregory.bsky.social
Software developer. Father. Husband. Doctor Who fan. Sauna goer. Theatre goer. Movie stayer. He/him; white cishet omnivore. Lowton, Leigh, Greater Manchester, UK.
Enjoyed “Hamlet Hail To The Thief” this week at the Aviva / Factory thing where Granada Studios was. A solid 110min cut of Shakespeare with live music based on the Radiohead album and lots of beautiful movement. Marshall amps form part of the staging. It’s stunning and highly recommended.
May 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Enjoyed “Hamlet Hail To The Thief” this week at the Aviva / Factory thing where Granada Studios was. A solid 110min cut of Shakespeare with live music based on the Radiohead album and lots of beautiful movement. Marshall amps form part of the staging. It’s stunning and highly recommended.
I’m loving this year’s #DoctorWho. I liked almost all of last year but the last episode soured things. I really hope this year sticks the landing. Spoiler warning for Lucky Day; the Doctor’s speech in replies…
May 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I’m loving this year’s #DoctorWho. I liked almost all of last year but the last episode soured things. I really hope this year sticks the landing. Spoiler warning for Lucky Day; the Doctor’s speech in replies…
This from Ian Dunt on the UK Supreme Court trans ruling is long but clear on facts and possible futures. Well worth the read. Not paywalled. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Everything you need to know about the trans Supreme Court case
What it said, what it didn't, and what happens next.
substack.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
This from Ian Dunt on the UK Supreme Court trans ruling is long but clear on facts and possible futures. Well worth the read. Not paywalled. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Imagine going to see the Doctor Who finale in a cinema as it is simulcast on iPlayer, BBC One and Disney+… you sign a filming consent “for the Unleashed bonus episode and other content”… you sit near Hassan, Lizzie and Robyn… and The Reality War turns out to be Towie v Real Housewives. #doctorwho
April 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Imagine going to see the Doctor Who finale in a cinema as it is simulcast on iPlayer, BBC One and Disney+… you sign a filming consent “for the Unleashed bonus episode and other content”… you sit near Hassan, Lizzie and Robyn… and The Reality War turns out to be Towie v Real Housewives. #doctorwho
For #DoctorWho the 8am UK drop for season two means everywhere gets it the same calendar day. It would have been clunky for Mrs Flood to say “Show ends May 24th, May 23rd EST”. So how much did this in-show date dictate the 8am drop?
April 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
For #DoctorWho the 8am UK drop for season two means everywhere gets it the same calendar day. It would have been clunky for Mrs Flood to say “Show ends May 24th, May 23rd EST”. So how much did this in-show date dictate the 8am drop?
Say I needed to get a third season of Doctor Who in the can with the next Doctor in it, but not spoil season two. I’d pretend it was a spin-off, set it all on Earth like early Pertwee, then run episode 1 on Christmas Day. #DoctorWho
April 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Say I needed to get a third season of Doctor Who in the can with the next Doctor in it, but not spoil season two. I’d pretend it was a spin-off, set it all on Earth like early Pertwee, then run episode 1 on Christmas Day. #DoctorWho
Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” are calculated on the difference in trade (so how much it deviates from 1:1 reciprocation), but where that number would mean a discount (like with the UK) it’s simply 10%.
April 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” are calculated on the difference in trade (so how much it deviates from 1:1 reciprocation), but where that number would mean a discount (like with the UK) it’s simply 10%.
new season of Doctor Who has a big theme
March 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
new season of Doctor Who has a big theme
Today’s “Doctor Who: Fifteenth Doctor” announcement on IGN is the dullest possible thing. (Admittedly I’ll probably buy it.) It’s a trade paperback of last year’s Titan comic series.
February 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Today’s “Doctor Who: Fifteenth Doctor” announcement on IGN is the dullest possible thing. (Admittedly I’ll probably buy it.) It’s a trade paperback of last year’s Titan comic series.
You can tell Vanessa Kirby is British because she refers to Fantastic Four as a weekly.
February 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
You can tell Vanessa Kirby is British because she refers to Fantastic Four as a weekly.
Companies! Please don’t send me emails saying “Your monthly Direct Debit will be taken shortly” when you mean 3rd Feb. That’s like a week and a bit away! And very importantly AFTER PAY DAY!!
January 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Companies! Please don’t send me emails saying “Your monthly Direct Debit will be taken shortly” when you mean 3rd Feb. That’s like a week and a bit away! And very importantly AFTER PAY DAY!!
Important that the Man United manager said the current team “may be” the worst in their history. For one thing it is hard to compare to a mid-February 1958 side with 10 players notably unavailable. But mainly it makes it easy to sing. “He said maybe… they’re the worst team in their his-tree…”
January 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Important that the Man United manager said the current team “may be” the worst in their history. For one thing it is hard to compare to a mid-February 1958 side with 10 players notably unavailable. But mainly it makes it easy to sing. “He said maybe… they’re the worst team in their his-tree…”
Switch 2 - the biggest surprise is where they put the 2.
January 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Switch 2 - the biggest surprise is where they put the 2.
Liz Truss may or may not have crashed the economy, but she certainly allowed an untested change to the economy to be released to live just hours before an organisation-wide break. That sort of approach often leads to a crash.
January 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Liz Truss may or may not have crashed the economy, but she certainly allowed an untested change to the economy to be released to live just hours before an organisation-wide break. That sort of approach often leads to a crash.
Is there a Spotify alternative that lets you do playlists that are more like proper mixtapes so at least let you come in and out of tracks at precise seconds, and ideally let you specify an overlap? (Spotify themselves have the idea marked as Not Right Now for years)
January 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Is there a Spotify alternative that lets you do playlists that are more like proper mixtapes so at least let you come in and out of tracks at precise seconds, and ideally let you specify an overlap? (Spotify themselves have the idea marked as Not Right Now for years)
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2025: Chris Philp, "It is not true that the last government took no action"
2019: Boris Johnson criticised the police for investigating historic child abuse cases saying that that money is wasted: spaffed up the wall
2019: Boris Johnson criticised the police for investigating historic child abuse cases saying that that money is wasted: spaffed up the wall
January 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
2025: Chris Philp, "It is not true that the last government took no action"
2019: Boris Johnson criticised the police for investigating historic child abuse cases saying that that money is wasted: spaffed up the wall
2019: Boris Johnson criticised the police for investigating historic child abuse cases saying that that money is wasted: spaffed up the wall
Not sure which is more disappointing - when I see someone I’ve only heard for ages and they are skinnier than the image in my head, or when I hear someone I’ve only seen for ages and they’re posher than I imagined.
January 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Not sure which is more disappointing - when I see someone I’ve only heard for ages and they are skinnier than the image in my head, or when I hear someone I’ve only seen for ages and they’re posher than I imagined.
Still time for A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed, Sophie.
January 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Still time for A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed, Sophie.
Blur: To The End on Sky Arts. Road to Wembley doc. Nicely done, brief bit of Rose Elinor.
December 31, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Blur: To The End on Sky Arts. Road to Wembley doc. Nicely done, brief bit of Rose Elinor.
Love that #DoctorWho turned a lot of police box tat into screen-accurate props.
December 26, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Love that #DoctorWho turned a lot of police box tat into screen-accurate props.
Enjoyed #TheWarGames In Colour; 10x25minutes of 1969 #DoctorWho recut to under 90, coloured and rescored. My only beef (slight spoiler) is that the rejected new looks shouldn’t be holding props. But if I had my way they’d’ve been switched for Shalka and Fatal Death doctors.
December 24, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Enjoyed #TheWarGames In Colour; 10x25minutes of 1969 #DoctorWho recut to under 90, coloured and rescored. My only beef (slight spoiler) is that the rejected new looks shouldn’t be holding props. But if I had my way they’d’ve been switched for Shalka and Fatal Death doctors.
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3. Respond to the consultation. You can do so by emailing copyrightconsultation@ipo.gov.uk. If possible, write your own response, and go into all the detail you can. Feel free to use info / data I've prepared here - docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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AI & Copyright Consultation - Template consultation response
I want to express in the strongest possible terms my opposition to the government’s proposal to introduce a broad copyright exception for commercial generative AI training. Such a move would be profou...
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December 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
3. Respond to the consultation. You can do so by emailing copyrightconsultation@ipo.gov.uk. If possible, write your own response, and go into all the detail you can. Feel free to use info / data I've prepared here - docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Sorry but am I supposed to believe that if the celebs on You Bet had bet differently, Harry Redknapp would be singing with the cast of Tina The Musical rather than Alison Hammond?
December 7, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Sorry but am I supposed to believe that if the celebs on You Bet had bet differently, Harry Redknapp would be singing with the cast of Tina The Musical rather than Alison Hammond?
Enjoyed an hour at Wyld, a new sauna floating on Princes Dock in Liverpool. Proper löyly in a large sauna with a variety of cold plunges and access to the dock waters! Decent changing facilities. Totally recommend - book at wyldsauna.com and take a cossie, towel and water bottle.
November 24, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Enjoyed an hour at Wyld, a new sauna floating on Princes Dock in Liverpool. Proper löyly in a large sauna with a variety of cold plunges and access to the dock waters! Decent changing facilities. Totally recommend - book at wyldsauna.com and take a cossie, towel and water bottle.
I use Overcast on iPhone for podcast listening and today it launched a Wrapped-style stats feature. Here’s my top 9 podcasts by listening hours: (Quiet Riot, which started a few months ago is 10th)
November 21, 2024 at 9:46 AM
I use Overcast on iPhone for podcast listening and today it launched a Wrapped-style stats feature. Here’s my top 9 podcasts by listening hours: (Quiet Riot, which started a few months ago is 10th)