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Tag: The Isle of Thanet

Liars in public life, loo roll scrum and cutting back Christmas

November 10, 2020 janewj

*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

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You can hum Britannia while you clear the table

August 29, 2020 janewj

*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

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One year in office for Boris, a bit of free parking and that menthol cigarettes ban

July 25, 2020 janewj

*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

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Time to stick my thumbs in my mouth and shout AaRGGHH

June 6, 2020 janewj

*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

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Will my window-cleaner be oven-ready?

May 9, 2020 janewj

*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

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Plain Jane 281016: A fond farewell from Jane and Mike

October 30, 2016 janewj

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

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Plain Jane 150716: Brexit is going well…..

July 15, 2016 janewj

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

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Plain Jane 010716: After the Vote

July 2, 2016 janewj

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

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Plain Jane 170616: How we vote on Thursday will probably come down to instinct

June 17, 2016 janewj

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

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Plain Jane 030616: Debt, water and the sugar tax

June 9, 2016 janewj

My latest Plain Jane column. The version that came out in print – and online – was mysteriously lacking my last sentence. Is it that dreadful

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Plain Jane 220416: I might give Wetherspoon another chance

April 24, 2016 janewj

Celebratory times! Manchester City make the last four in the Champions League, the Queen – longest serving British Monarch – hits 90 (Happy Birthday Your

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Plain Jane 110316: We don’t want a new town

March 12, 2016 janewj

“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

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Plain Jane 260216: Should we, shouldn’t we? EU decide

February 28, 2016 janewj

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

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Plain Jane 150116: Wine, sugar and health improvements

January 15, 2016 janewj

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

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Plain Jane 041215: Manston, driving and, well, Manston again

December 5, 2015 janewj

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

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Plain Jane 201115: Its vs it’s

November 21, 2015 janewj

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

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Plain Jane. Isle of Thanet Gazette. Friday December 21st 2012

December 22, 2012 janewj

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

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*Columnist of the Year*

Very thrilled with my #KPBA Kent Columnist of the Year Award for my #lockdowndiary column in The Isle of Thanet News.

The jury: “Jane’s lockdown diary was head and shoulders above the other entries and at a time when we were all left floundering, it was something really powerful to latch on to.”

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