*Photo: Jane with Jenny in March 2020 credit Camilo Queipo The original article was published in the Isle of Thanet News on Tuesday 23rd March 2021

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*Photo: Jane with Jenny in March 2020 credit Camilo Queipo The original article was published in the Isle of Thanet News on Tuesday 23rd March 2021
First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 31st December 2020 So farewell 2020 – the year that kept on giving – as you
*Photo: Covid – Lockdown 2 First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 6th November 2020 SO here we go again! Lockdown Number Two has
*Photo: Jane being camera shy First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 23rd October 2020 In my time as an author, journalist and guest-appearer
*Photo: Dividing the nation to battle Covid First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 2nd October 2020 JANE’S PLAN TO TACKLE COVID With Covid
*Photo: The cat is now called Hannibal First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 18th September 2020 Jane resumes her Lockdown Diary – Is
*Photo: Stick to the music for Last Night of the Proms First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 28th August 2020 Boris Johnson thinks
*Photo: All Jane wants is a plumber First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 21st August 2020 I still dream about my A-levels.
First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 14th August 2020 And you thought it was only M**ST*N that caused outrage. I have recently
First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 7th August 2020 I know it might seem odd to wax lyrical about a financial institution
*Photo: Takeaways, calories and watching your weight First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 31st July 2020 As anyone still trying valiantly to
*Photo: Parking charges – photo by Chris Constantine First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 24th July 2020 So BORIS has been in Downing
*Photo: A trip down memory lane to Harpers Wine Bar First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 17th July 2020 After the furore last
In the meantime, an apprentice, please? First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 10th July 2020 Hark! Is that the sound of pens –
*Photo: Still no hairdresser’s appointment for Jane First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 3rd July 2020 SO TOMORROW – coined by the actor
*Photo: A divide between the morning bike riders and those seeking solace in cake… First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 26th June 2020
*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
First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 12th June 2020 Lockdown Diary Number 397 Jane Wenham-Jones loses track of how long it’s been now…
*Photo: My facelift on FaceTime First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 5th June 2020 Week 10 of Jane Wenham-Jones’ Lockdown Saturday Housework Day
*Photo: Jane puts her feet up after a week of WhatsApp, trippers and hotel slippers… Week 9 of Jane Wenham-Jones’ Lockdown First published in the Isle
Week Eight of Jane’s Life in Lockdown First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 22nd May 2020 Monday Hark! The Today programme has a
In week seven of her lockdown diaries, Jane struggles to stay alert… First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 15th May 2020 Saturday It
*Photo of the Book launch via Zoom on May 7th 2020 ~ with, from the left:Top row: Janie Millman, Jane Wenham-Jones, Katie FfordeMiddle row: Jo
Jane Wenham-Jones on another week of Lockdown… First published in the Isle of Thanet News of Friday 1st May 2020 Saturday Today I should have been at
Lockdown Lowdown Diary ~ Week 4 First published in the Isle of Thanet News Friday 24th April 2020 Sunday Friends send pictures of their “virtual
Lockdown Lowdown Diary ~ Week 3 (First published in The Isle of Thanet News Friday 17th April) As lockdown continues, Jane remains in isolation with
Lockdown Lowdown Diary ~ Week 2 My second column Lockdown column for the Isle of Thanet News appeared on (Good Friday) 10th April… Saturday We
My husband – more than two decades my senior – is now of an age, with health conditions that have put him on the list
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
Here at BroadstairsLit, we are excited to announce our 2019 programme of events – featuring a dazzling array of personalities from comediennes to men of the
Dreading the rellies? Christmas can be a minefield when today’s modern – often blended – families are suddenly brought together. But you can survive them
Very thrilled by Emma’s review: I’ve known Jane Wenham-Jones for years. A real life-enhancer, usually sporting rainbow-coloured hair, Jane writes novels, short stories and columns,
Yes! One Glass is Never Enough (published by Accent Press Ltd) is FREE for a limited time. Clicking on the cover will take you to the
I don’t mean the plot – though God knows I started writing it so long ago and it went through so many edits, that is
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So exciting… Jane’s new novel is going to be published on 15th June. ‘Fresh, funny and wise’ – Katie Fforde Tess has downsized to a
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
Literary gatherings have been popping up left, right and centre – I go to quite a few of them myself – and there are now
Another to add to my list of fab festivals I have worked for. Had a great time at the Buckingham Literary Festival last weekend, interviewing three
So fab to host the Archers event last Friday at the Pavilion in Broadstairs with ace scriptwriter Keri Davies, the gorgeous Annabelle Dowler (Kirsty Miller),
Looking forward to this very much. Are you an Archers fan? Do you fancy a day trip to Broadstairs? Tickets from here . Would be brilliant
‘No. 1 – The Italian job’ courtesy of the www.theisleofthanetnews.com They’re back! Popular Thanet columnists Jane Wenham-Jones and Mike Pearce reunite for a lunch date which
Time to say goodbye to another luminary of the book world and to fondly recall the day in 2009 when I met Colin Dexter at the
This first appeared in Woman’s Weekly Fiction in 2010. Can’t say much has changed…. 🙂 Happy Valentine’s Day! You might think that someone who has
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,
In the absence of a Gazette column to post this week, I thought I’d share a Woman’s Weekly piece I wrote back in 2013. In
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
Since writing this I have been told (by a usually-reliable source) that the Thanet Way is built on London clay and is “undulating”. So, if
This might not be desperately interesting to those living outside Thanet but council sell-offs could affect wherever you are too. Especially if you’re ever unlucky
WELL DONE the TUC for voting to prohibit employers from forcing women to wear high heels at work. Heels may look terrific but in my
As I reach for my hard hat and flak jacket, here is my latest Gazette column… Whoever first said you only regret the things you
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
Don’t ever let it be said there’s nothing to do in Thanet. For those wishing to be entertained, the excitement kicks off this evening (Friday
And now for something entirely non-brexit! In a welcome distraction, I’ve been feeding this little chap, who seems to have fallen out of his nest
It’s going well so far, isn’t it? As I write, the big property funds have been forced to suspend trading, we’ve lost our triple-A credit
I woke up on Saturday morning feeling strangely unwell. I mentally ran through what I’d eaten the night before and counted up the glasses of
So it’s finally here. After all the weeks of posturing, scare-mongering, claims and counter claims, the referendum is finally upon us. Come Thursday we can
My latest Plain Jane column. The version that came out in print – and online – was mysteriously lacking my last sentence. Is it that dreadful
I recently had the pleasure and privilege of interviewing Fay Weldon. The Grande Dame of contemporary women’s fiction-with-an-edge – with whom I spent an hour
Friday Quiz Time and your starter for ten. Who knows what auspicious and momentous event took place on May 6th? Yes, well done, you at
Celebratory times! Manchester City make the last four in the Champions League, the Queen – longest serving British Monarch – hits 90 (Happy Birthday Your
So Margate’s most famous daughter has married a rock. This is not the fond description of a nice solid chap, one who can be reliably
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
“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
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
Channel Four’s Michael Crick started it, the Electoral Commission is looking into it and now, according to Mr Crick’s blog, one Michael Barnbrook from Ramsgate,
FAR be it from me to agree with Nigel Farage (unless he’s talking about Manston airport) but I can’t help feeling a certain sympathy with
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,
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
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
Intriguing news from giant online seller Amazon, who are planning to sue 1,100 “fake” reviewers in a bid to claim damages for their “manipulation and
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
In a spirit of better late than never, we are posting this anyway even though half of it is now past its sell-by date. But
SO THERE went summer. I know it goes more quickly as you age and grow grumpy but this one really has sped past at an
It is always a joy to be at Chez Castillon. Next course up – could it be for you? – Write and Sell Short Stories. Write
If we live in a small world then Thanet is microscopic. Hold forth in the pub about the bloke from the garage and it will
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.
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
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
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
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
100 Ways is now on YouTube! Click on the ‘play button’ below to view this video… https://youtu.be/Y7ULrErd7gY If you liked it and / or have some…
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
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
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
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
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
I AM looking forward to meeting South Thanet’s Russ Timpson for two reasons. Firstly, the man has a sense of humour (not always a given
A friend of mine once sat next to Nigel Farage on a plane. “He was very charismatic,” she said, clearly charmed even though her politics
“What a place to live!” wrote a friend from the Cotswolds, who’d been watching, aghast, the documentary Meet the Ukippers, aired last Sunday. I was at
FRIDAY 13th. Time to don the bubble wrap and protective headgear, avoid ladders, leave plenty of time to catch the train, and for the chaps,
WITH under 100 days to go until the general election, the big issue, pundits tell us, will be the future of the NHS. It will
WELL, how’s yours been so far? My New Year greetings come late, after spending the opening hours of 2015 horizontal and groaning, in the clutches
OUR columnists Jane Wenham-Jones and Mike Pearce don’t need a certain supermarket to remind them that Christmas is for sharing. Every year, she gets out
I DON’T know whether they teach this in journalism school – I am entirely self-taught (also known as untrained ) – but it is a
I THINK I know this area pretty well, but from time to time I am surprised to discover somewhere in Thanet I had no idea
MALE friends won’t believe me, but I don’t much like shopping. Not for me “a day out” at Bluewater, or an afternoon “just looking” at
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
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So you’ve started your novel with great enthusiasm. You’ve finished the first few chapters and don’t know…