‘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
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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 100516: I might give Channel Tunnel another chance
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
Plain Jane 220416: I might give Wetherspoon another chance
Celebratory times! Manchester City make the last four in the Champions League, the Queen – longest serving British Monarch – hits 90 (Happy Birthday Your
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 191214: The season to be jolly… and moany
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
Plain Jane 130614: Is Thanet really only known for the shipping forecast?
Plain Jane: Is Thanet really only known for the shipping forecast? As regular readers will know, I am an ardent proponent of this fair isle as the
Plain Jane 300514: My view on term-time holidays
RECENT figures have shown that 24,000 children each day are taken out of school for a family trip. If I still did the school-run, it
Plain Jane 160514: So here’s to you Iris, best of luck with Thanet council
So another shake-up for our beleaguered local government. In-fighting and power struggles down at Cecil Street are nothing new, of course, but I am genuinely sorry
Plain Jane 010514: 11 years of writing about Thanet, and I’m not done yet
I have been writing this column for an astonishing 11 years – ever since I bludgeoned the then editor Mike Pearce, into giving me
Mike and Jane: Christmas Time, Mistletoe and Whine…
My latest Isle of Thanet Gazette column – the annual joint offering with fellow columnist, my mate Mike 🙂
Plain Jane in the Isle of Thanet Gazette from Friday 21st June
Bit late getting this up here as have been away to the Winchester Writer’s Conference where I had the enormous privilege of hearing Julian Fellowes speak!
With friends like Mike :-)
Whenever I give one of my friends one of my books to read (some are too tight-fisted to cough up for one themselves :-)) I
My-Mate-Mike in the Isle of Thanet Gazette 28th December
Remember my excellent advice on coping when the old man is suddenly at home ALL BLOODY DAY? My esteemed fellow columnist on the Gazette, Mike
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
Prime Time paperback is now out!
Prime Time is officially out now! I am bracing myself to start peering in bookshops (does one copy mean they’ve sold em all or is
