*Photo: Jane’s sarong becomes a mask… First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 19th June 2020 Jane Wenham-Jones in week whatever of the dissolving
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The Big Five-O live and kicking – and set in Broadstairs!
It’s here! My sixth novel, The Big Five O, is now live and kicking on kindle and in e book (the paperback’s in September) and I am
Write around the Isle – turnips, thrillers and special guests
Sir Tony comes to town for BroadstairsLit There were turnips on display when Baldrick fans packed The Pavilion on 10th March to welcome Sir Tony Robinson
Jane remembers 2016
At midnight on 31st December I was travelling by car through the bottom of Broadstairs. In Ramsgate, minutes earlier, they’d been spilling out of pubs,
Plain Jane 281016: A fond farewell from Jane and Mike
Proud to see that in the final copy of the Isle of Thanet Gazette I appear in, I have made it onto the letters’ page
Plain Jane 190816: Council organises ‘how to wear scarves’ class
Poor old Northamptonshire County Council has come under fire for putting on a course entitled How to Tie a Scarf. The three-hour session – a
EASTER: Plain Jane brings your reasons to be cheerful – including beer and chocolate
In these difficult and joyless times of conflict, health scares, national obesity and George Osborne, may I take the rare opportunity to look on the bright
Plain Jane 110316: We don’t want a new town
“We’re almost there–” proclaims the latest shrink-wrapped brochure from Stone Hill Park, above a photo of children hopping, somewhat bizarrely, in sacks, through fields of
Plain Jane 260216: Should we, shouldn’t we? EU decide
So the referendum on membership of the EU is set for June 23 and we can now look forward to wall-to-wall media coverage of the
Plain Jane 010116: And so 2015 is over
So 2015 is nearly over and I am struck by the people around me expressing gratitude. An “annus horribilis” as one beleaguered friend put it,
Plain Jane 041215: Manston, driving and, well, Manston again
I confess I have lost the plot when it comes to Manston. Much as I continue to grieve for the heady days of KLM and flights
Plain Jane 201115: Its vs it’s
Who knew? Our sewage systems are positively awash with precious metals. Analysts at Thames Water have discovered that when we wash our hands or clean
Plain Jane 091015: Rehabilitation not squalor for those in prison
Oh Lord, I agree with Michael Gove. Prisons do need reforming and should not be, as Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons puts it, “places
Plain Jane 310715: Time for a brew
DEPRESSED by pub closures and the rise of alcopops? Good news is at hand. Sales of the cheap-booze-and-coloured-sugar drinks favoured by overgrown children are falling.
Plain Jane 170715: I can be as judgemental as the next person
My esteemed colleague, Mike don’t-get-me-started Pearce, has been on one of his jaunts. I don’t ask for details – they invariably involve pinball machines, model
Plain Jane 030715: Mike and Jane – Thrills at Dreamland
I didn’t see the rides at the opening of Dreamland. The wait was too long, the speeches too protracted and when the ribbon had finally
Plain Jane 190615: Eating your way through hotel breakfasts
SO FAR this year, what with speaking and interviewing and literary festivals and running off to bang my head against a different wall, I have
Plain Jane 050615: It’s tough to get a job if you don’t speak nonsense lingo
I HAVE been self-employed now for nigh-on 30 years and have long suspected this has rendered me utterly un-hireable to anyone in the usual (some
Plain Jane 220515 – A chilly reception
OH DEAR! It seems I haven’t got off to the best possible start with our new Kipper council. Let’s hope I don’t require a new
The one that enraged a Kipper….
This was my Isle of Thanet Gazette column, published 8/05/2015 that gave rise to the following on this week’s letter page. As I said on
Plain Jane 100415: Plain Jane meets the Tories and Manston Airport Independent Party
I interview the Tory hopefuls by adopting police tactics. Sir Roger Gale has been in politics for half a century and the MP for Thanet
Plain Jane 030415: Plain Jane meets the Labour and United Thanet candidates
Continuing our series in which Jane Wenham-Jones meets the candidates, this week: Labour… THERE is a framed cartoon by Giles on my writing-room wall that
Plain Jane 270315: Meet the candidates for the Green Party
Continuing our series in which Jane Wenham-Jones meets the candidates, this week: the Greens… I was initially invited to visit the Green candidate for Thanet
Plain Jane 311014: Why prescribing Viagra to all men over 50 could save NHS
Plain Jane 311014: Why prescribing Viagra to all men over 50 could save NHS GREAT discoveries, it seems, arise from a split second of blinding
Plain Jane 171014 – It’s chocolate week
Somewhat after the event, but every day is chocolate day where I come from …. 🙂 Plain Jane – It’s National Home Security month, Dyspraxia
Plain Jane 190914: A megaphone, soapbox, and cheap-suited lackeys needed
Thank you to all those who have suggested that, further to my last column, I stand in the next election myself. My initial thought –
Plain Jane 050914: Of course Nigel Farage won the hustings, he’ll win the election too
Of course Nigel Farage was selected as our UKIP candidate for South Thanet. He was always going to be and I am surprised that those
Plain Jane 080814: From the art crowd to a new crowd and an old row
Margate is in the news again. Described as “the formerly gritty seaside town”, Margate has made its way onto yet another list, coming in at
Plain Jane 250714: Royalty, politics, tourism and how not to waste money
Originally published last week but I’ve been away teaching at the fabulous Chez Castillon… HAPPY Birthday Prince George and congratulations on being able to walk.
Plain Jane. Isle of Thanet Gazette. Friday December 21st 2012
This might not make entire sense to those not blessed with living on the Isle of Thanet but perhaps you would would wish for similar for
Jane Wenham-Jones 