The Beat,
No. 254,
October 2023
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In 2023 Lyn Paul was cast as "the frank and fearless schoolteacher" Jessie in Calendar Girls The Musical...
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| Aberdeen Evening Express, Wednesday, 18th January 2023, page 15. |
On This Day
by Sonja Rasmussen
Number 1 on 18th January in years gone by...
2017 - Ed Sheeran, Shape Of You;
1996 - George Michael, Jesus To A Child;
1974 - New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul, You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me.
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| The Times, Thursday, 16th February 2023. |
Birthdays today
The Times newspaper remembered Lyn's birthday: "Lyn Paul, singer, the New Seekers, Beg, Steal Or Borrow (1972), and actress, 74."
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| The Herald Magazine, Saturday, 13th May 2023, page 43. |
'Welcome to Edinburgh - the Athens of the North
by Russell Leadbetter
On the day of the Eurovision Song Contest The Hearld published an article in its magazine remembering the 1972 contest in Edinburgh. Referencing interviews given by the New Seekers ahead of the contest, the article quotes Lyn Paul as saying "Oh, it's important for me to win. I'd give anything for us to win... and if we don't I'll be so disappointed." For Eve Graham winning the contest was not important: "Personally it won't give me any great satisfaction to win. The satisfaction was in being chosen to represent Britain."
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| Hull Daily Mail, Monday, 3rd July 2023, page 2. |
Calendar Girls is returning
by Deborah Hall
"A new cast is ready to bare all in the name of entertaining Hull audiences when Calendar Girls The Musical makes a return to the city.... Musical theatre star Marti Webb will play the role of Celia, the glamorous and sassy former air hostess... Lyn Paul also joins the cast as Jessie, the frank and fearless schoolteacher."
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| The Sentinel, Wednesday, 12th July 2023, page 14. |
Regent date for Calendar Girls
The Sentinel reported the news that Calendar Girls The Musical would be visiting the Regent Theatre in the Autumn.
"The cast includes Maureen Nolan, Marti Webb and former New Seeker Lyn Paul. It runs from November 14-18."
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| Bristol Post, Friday, 25th August 2023. |
It's in the blood - Tissues at the ready as the heartbreaking musical Blood Brothers returns to Bristol
by Natalie Banyard
An interview with Niki Colwell Evans, who had been cast as Mrs. Johnstone in the touring production of Blood Brothers. Lyn Paul is mentioned amongst some of the former Mrs. Johnstones.
"The role of Mrs. Johnstone has been played by a veritable who's who of icons which includes Barbara Dickson, Marti Webb, Maureen Nolan and Lyn Paul."
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| Slough & South Bucks Observer, Monday, 11th September 2023. |
Calendar Girls take to the stage with 'more songs and more iced buns'
by Naomi Herring
The Slough & South Bucks Observer reported on the start of the Calendar Girls The Musical UK tour.
"The tour kicked off at the Theatre Royal Windsor and is running through the week until September 16... Calendar Girls The Musical brings together a stunning cast of music, stage, and television stars, including five Mrs. Johnstone’s from Bill Kenwright’s production of Willy Russell’s smash hit Blood Brothers. Tanya Franks (Eastenders), Maureen Nolan (The Nolans), Lyn Paul (The New Seekers), Amy Robbins (Coronation Street), Paula Tappenden (Theatre Star), Marti Webb (Tell Me On A Sunday) and Honeysuckle Weeks (Foyle's War) as the ladies."
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| Hull Daily Mail, Wednesday, 13th September 2023, page 3. |
Set a date in your calendar
by Deborah Hall
The Hull Daily Mail reported Calendar Girls The Musical. would be returning to Hull with with a reimagined book, new music and a new cast.
"Musical theatre star Marti Webb will play the role of Celia, the glamorous and sassy former air hostess... Lyn Paul also joins the cast as Jessie, the frank and fearless schoolteacher. Lyn has been hailed as one of the definitive actresses to have starred in Blood Brothers, having played the role in the West End and in venues across the country for nearly 25 years."
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| The Beat, No. 254, October 2023, page 8. |
Still getting sentimental over you
by Ian Woolley
An interview with Lyn Paul covering her early days with the Nocturnes, her success with the New Seekers and her roles in Blood Brothers and Taboo. Lyn promised more in her autobiography: "all will be revealed in my autobiography when I get around to writing about it."
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| The Beat, No. 255, November 2023, page 3. |
News
The November issue of The Beat featured a small photograph of Lyn Paul holding the previous month's issue, which had featured the New Seekers on the front cover.
   
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| The Sentinel, Friday, 17th November 2023, page 20. |
All the best stories are based on reality
by Andrew Lees
A review of Calendar Girls The Musical, which was playing at the Regent Theatre in Stoke-on-Trent
"I don't know how many years of performance experience the seven starring ladies have amassed between them, but their outstanding performances confirm it's A LOT.
Tanya Franks (Annie), Maureen Nolan (Ruth), Lyn Paul (Jessie), Amy Robbins (Chris), Paula Tappenden (Marie), Marti Webb (Celia) and Honeysuckle Weeks (Cora) each bring warmth and humour to their distinct characters."
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| Radio Times, 2nd - 8th December 2023, page 141. |
Popmaster
with Ken Bruce
Questions by Phil "The Collector" Swern
"Which of these three hit songs by the New Seekers gained the highest chart position - Circles, Beg, Steal Or Borrow or You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me?"
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| Hull Daily Mail, Monday, 4th December 2023, page 6. |
'A feast of stars bare their souls and bodies'
by Deborah Hall
A review of Calendar Girls The Musical at Hull New Theatre.
"At one point I had tears rolling down my face as Lyn Paul, as Jessie, delivers What Age Expects. The line, "Don't act the colour of your hair, act the colour of your heart", really resonated with me."
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| The Story Of Eurovision, 2023, pages 38-39. |
Troubled Times For Eurovision
by Joel McIvor
This one-off publication included a photo of the New Seekers (pages 38-39). Oddly, it's not a photo of the group performing Beg, Steal Or Borrow at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh but a photo taken the previous year (1971) of the New Seekers performing Good Old Fashioned Music at the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium, complete with Lyn Paul holding her washboard and cymbal! Under the photo the caption read: "The renowned folk-rock act the New Seekers were chosen to represent the Uk in 1972".
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