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Jan Patience

@janpatience.bsky.social
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‘You’re only as good as your last trick,’ (so said my late mum, and I’ve found no reason to disagree). Scottish journalist and art lover. Writing Book Two. Founder member & former co-chair Women in Journalism Scotland

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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Thanks to Airts & Pairts, I can indulge my niche interest in long-dead mid-20th century women artists. This Substack post, however, has had a lot of views since I posted it, so it feels like I'm not alone. Miss Dick was, I feel, an EXCELLENT WOMAN. airtsandpairts.substack.com/p/jessie-ale...
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
My latest Airts & Pairts is about being 'in the room' at Fidra Fine Art in Gullane, East Lothian with artist @bourbonandwolfe.bsky.social - at the same time as Waterland, her brilliant and wide ranging new collection of work. open.substack.com/pub/airtsand...
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
At Edinburgh’s Blackwelll Bookshop last night to usher Martin MacIntyre’s A Summer Like No Other, into the world on stage two of its journey. The novel was first published in Gaelic as Samhradh ’78. During a Q&A with Marion Sinclair @publishingscotland.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 luath.co.uk/products/a-s...
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The media reaction to the death of the Scottish artist Jack Vettriano last week - in which I played a small part - got me thinking. Link to read my latest Airts & Pairts Substack post below: ⬇️ airtsandpairts.substack.com/p/everyones-... (That’s me in my French Lieutenant’s Woman art critic guise)
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I’m not a great one for Valentine-ing, but I remembered taking this photo of street art in Brussels in the wee small hours during a press trip to Belgium. The date on my phone says February 2016. Funny how - of all the art I’ve seen in the last ten years - this image stood out in the crowd.
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I finished series three of Somebody Somewhere (Sky Comedy) and, although the last episode is a totey bit winsome, in contrast to all the others, it was pitch perfect. And no-one got kaboomed (my new pet hate in a drama!) Apparently, they are not making another series, which is a darned shame.
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Because today is beyond dreich in my corner of Scotland, I offer you a Liz Knox painting, Sunflowers & Windows. ICYMI (what do you MEAN you missed it?) my latest Substack is all about Liz, poetry, painting and the complex business of writing a life. 🔗 ⬇️ airtsandpairts.substack.com/p/sic-transi...
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Here’s the page. Still wondering about Joan and the Roberts. They must have had friends in common. The only other Scottish artist Lilian Browse talks about is Robin Philipsson.
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Tracked down this beauty online as keen to read Joan Eardley section. @damianbarr.bsky.social - Lilian mentions the Roberts but only in relation to Scottish ballet, Donald of the Burthens, which they designed. She was a dance critic as well as an art dealer.
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Writing a life… I’ve picked up the metaphorical pen and written a new piece for my Airts & Pairts Substack. It’s inspired by writing an obituary @heraldscotland.bsky.social about the Scottish artist Liz Knox, who died just before Christmas. 🔗 👇 airtsandpairts.substack.com/p/sic-transi...
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Apologies… this isn’t a swipey post. You’ll need to zoom in, but I assure you it’s worth it! To mark Burns Day, please enjoy the wit & wisdom of my mum, with this ‘feminism according to Flora’ style Reply to the Toast to the Lassies, delivered on 21 January 1983 in Kilmaurs Scout Hall in Ayrshire.
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
My obituary for Scottish artist, Liz Knox, is in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social It’s always an honour - if a bit daunting - to sum up the life of someone you knew and admired in 1000 words. I hope I did Liz justice. www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/...
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Just finished this book by Ailsa Tanner about ‘Glasgow Girl’ Bessie MacNicol. A Christmas present from my best friend. Bessie’s gaiety in her 20s shines through both in her work and a handful of letters written to fellow artist E.A. ‘Ned’ Hornel.
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
I didn’t actually write this on a bench in God’s Own Country, but please be assured the sentiment still applies.
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Sky Arts #PAOTY 2024 proved controversial to some, but winner Brogan Bertie’s commissioned painting of news leg-end Lorraine Kelly made her greet. Me too. Here’s why… My last Substack of the year 🔗 ⬇️ airtsandpairts.substack.com/p/greetin-me...
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
During a whirlwind trip to Glasgow & Edinburgh last week, I also caught Kate Downie’s Conversations with Joan @womenslibrary.bsky.social about her ongoing interrogation of Joan Eardley’s paintings of Glasgow kids in 1950s & 1960s It’s on until 25 January.
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Controversial, but having seen Lorraine Kelly’s knees in-the-flesh, I’m a fan of Brogan Bertie’s Sky Arts #PAOTY portrait of the broadcaster. It’s on show at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh. Lush brushwork.
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Deadline for applications for Women in Journalism Scotland 2025 mentoring scheme is tomorrow - 18 December. www.wijscotland.com/news/wij-sco...
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
My latest Substack was sparked by reading Emily Dickinson’s poem, ‘This World is not Conclusion’. This, in turn, reminded me of my reaction to one particular work at a Louise Bourgeois exhibition in Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket Gallery in 2013. Read here: airtsandpairts.substack.com/p/shadows-ho...
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Bonnie in the wood hood this morning.
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Old men’s hut, Kilmaurs…
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
I ‘Substacked’ about almost forgotten artist Anne Estelle Rice. One time partner of Scottish Colourist JD Fergusson & best friend of author Katherine Mansfield, her star may be rising again. Her painting, A Bowl of Fruit, just sold for £112,700. ICYMI: airtsandpairts.substack.com/p/an-excepti...
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Take a minute to admire Anne Estelle Rice’s portrait of author Katherine Mansfield. Katherine sat for it while she and Anne were staying in Cornwall in 1918. More in my latest Substack: airtsandpairts.substack.com/p/an-excepti... Credit: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Turner Prize winter Jasleen Kaur, photographed by me, at the press preview of Alter Altar at Tramway in Glasgow last year. This is the exhibition which led to her being nominated for the Turner Prize 👏 👏👏 Art showcasing Scottish Sikh community wins Turner Prize www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
My Substack on enigmatic American artist Anne Estelle Rice. Her one-time partner J.D. Fergusson painted this gorgeous portrait of Anne in 1910. It now hangs @perthartgallery. One of Anne’s standout paintings is being sold by @LyonandTurnbull this Thursday. airtsandpairts.substack.com/p/an-excepti...
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Alan Taylor wrote about a Substack about The Observer yesterday, which included the gem that Muriel Spark won £250 in Observer’s 1951 short story comp for The Seraph & The Zambesi. Interest duly piqued… Also, have never read Bonjour Tristesse. open.substack.com/pub/aftaylor...
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
On behalf of Women in Journalism Scotland, I’ve organised a winter social for women in media in Inverness. No need to book. Spread the word! 📆 6pm-9pm on 04.12.24 📍 Rebel Row at Prickly Thistle, 17 Union St, Inverness, IV1 1PP
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
In my latest Substack, I’ve revisited Scottish artist Alasdair Taylor, whose life & work I became immersed in last year. Despite being championed by Alasdair Gray & James Kelman, his star waned as he aged. Playing the art game saps a creative soul. airtsandpairts.substack.com/p/rediscover...
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
📣 The 2025 Women in Journalism Scotland mentoring scheme is now open 📣 Mentors include: Laura Kuenssberg Heather Dewar Kirsty Wark For the full list and how to apply 👇 www.wijscotland.com/news/wij-sco...
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Love an art book in the post. Glen Scouller is one of these artists who isn’t a household name but boy, he can draw and paint like a dream. In ‘Like A Moth To a Flame: The Art of Glen Scouller’, colour zings off the paper/canvas like nobody’s business. Published by Unicorn & written by Alex Leith.
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Had an aimless wander in British Heart Foundation Home Store in Perth yesterday. Bought this tiny wee aquatint etching of the Matterhorn by early 20th century Austrian artist, Hans Frey, for £10. I’d never heard of him before, but it stood out a mile among the dusty reproductions in the box.
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Jan Patience @janpatience.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I’m here because it’s not all about me… airtsandpairts.substack.com/p/lighten-up
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