janpatienceTHE REEL BLEND: SUPER CIRCUS BACKFLIPS INTO WHISKY COUNTRYA CAVERNOUS whisky warehouse in the Highlands of Scotland is the last place you’d expect to see a spidery contortionist, encased in a…May 13May 13
janpatienceTHEY say never judge a book by its cover, but I took one look at the livid red cover of The…I wasn’t disappointed. A claustrophobic nether world lies within the 350 or so pages of Rachelle Atalla’s debut novel.Jan 26, 2022Jan 26, 2022
janpatienceWith a title taken from a Manic Street Preachers song of the same name, This is Yesterday, by…After I’d read it, I couldn’t get its protagonist, Peach, out of my head. When we first meet her, she is single and on the cusp of…Oct 18, 2019Oct 18, 2019
janpatienceTHE ART OF MATCHMAKINGScots gallery owner, Becky Walker, has been offering her clients an informal “art matchmaking” service for 17 years.Feb 15, 2018Feb 15, 2018
janpatienceHebridean Book Festival Soars to New Heights…One of Britain’s most remotely-situated book festivals begins tomorrow night (Wed 25 Oct) in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis with the aim of…Oct 24, 2017Oct 24, 2017
janpatienceBeatrix Wood is one of those whirlwinds you occasionally meet in the creative world who wears many…As a teenager in the 1970s, Wood wrote, painted and made costumes for Manchester Youth Theatre, roaming the Pennines on ponies and with…Oct 24, 2017Oct 24, 2017
janpatienceBERNAT KLEIN: CATCHING THE GLORY STUFFThis article first appeared in The Herald on Saturday 10th December 2016Dec 19, 2016Dec 19, 2016
janpatienceThis is an unedited version* feature on the painter Nichol Wheatley appeared in The Herald Arts…*I always overwrite…Dec 14, 2016Dec 14, 2016
janpatienceELEPHANTS IN THE ROOM, AND OTHER RGI ARTEFACTSThis is a version of a story which I wrote for The Herald Arts supplement and which appeared on Saturday 12 November. Royal Glasgow…Nov 21, 20161Nov 21, 20161