Jan Patience
@janpatience.bsky.social
‘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
Scottish journalist and art lover. Writing Book Two. Founder member & former co-chair Women in Journalism Scotland
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We are now on Bluesky! Keep an eye on our socials in the coming months for exciting projects, including our participation in the #RSA200 celebrations with @royalscottishacad.bsky.social and our key partners.
📸 Dorothy Johnstone, Marguerites, 1912. RSA © The Artist’s Estate.
📸 Dorothy Johnstone, Marguerites, 1912. RSA © The Artist’s Estate.
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We are now on Bluesky! Keep an eye on our socials in the coming months for exciting projects, including our participation in the #RSA200 celebrations with @royalscottishacad.bsky.social and our key partners.
📸 Dorothy Johnstone, Marguerites, 1912. RSA © The Artist’s Estate.
📸 Dorothy Johnstone, Marguerites, 1912. RSA © The Artist’s Estate.
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Happy Autumn Equinox 🍂✨
'Autumn Equinox' by Joyce W. Cairns (b.1947) © the artist. 📷 Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums
'Autumn Equinox' by Joyce W. Cairns (b.1947) © the artist. 📷 Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums
September 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Happy Autumn Equinox 🍂✨
'Autumn Equinox' by Joyce W. Cairns (b.1947) © the artist. 📷 Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums
'Autumn Equinox' by Joyce W. Cairns (b.1947) © the artist. 📷 Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums
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...
airtsandpairts.substack.com/p/jessie-ale...
July 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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...
airtsandpairts.substack.com/p/jessie-ale...
This is what social media is for…
A 7-year-old lioness reunites with the man who raised her after she was abandoned as a cub 🦁❤️ He slept beside her outside so she'd grow up as naturally as possible. Now she tackles him with love-hugs, face rubs, pure joy-until they collapse in a pile of trust. 🫶 #WildBond #HeartmeltingNature
June 19, 2025 at 6:02 AM
This is what social media is for…
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Angus Neil was a lifelong friend of Joan Eardley. His work includes a significant group of pastels from Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums @abdnartmuseums.bsky.social - the first collection to share its entire works on paper holdings with @artukdotorg.bsky.social artuk.org/discover/cur...
20th Century spotlight: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums: Pastels by Angus Neil | Art UK
Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK, featuring over 600,000 artworks by over 60,000 artists.
artuk.org
June 17, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Angus Neil was a lifelong friend of Joan Eardley. His work includes a significant group of pastels from Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums @abdnartmuseums.bsky.social - the first collection to share its entire works on paper holdings with @artukdotorg.bsky.social artuk.org/discover/cur...
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.
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open.substack.com/pub/airtsand...
May 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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...
open.substack.com/pub/airtsand...
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Artist in focus 👩🎨
'Margot Sandeman: imbuing the Scottish landscape with a strange mysticism' by @janpatience.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/1j7XiO7
'Bramble Picking II' by Margot Sandeman (1922–2009) © the artist's estate. 📷 East Dunbartonshire Council
'Margot Sandeman: imbuing the Scottish landscape with a strange mysticism' by @janpatience.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/1j7XiO7
'Bramble Picking II' by Margot Sandeman (1922–2009) © the artist's estate. 📷 East Dunbartonshire Council
Margot Sandeman: imbuing the Scottish landscape with a strange mysticism | Art UK
Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK, featuring over 600,000 artworks by over 60,000 artists.
artuk.org
May 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Artist in focus 👩🎨
'Margot Sandeman: imbuing the Scottish landscape with a strange mysticism' by @janpatience.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/1j7XiO7
'Bramble Picking II' by Margot Sandeman (1922–2009) © the artist's estate. 📷 East Dunbartonshire Council
'Margot Sandeman: imbuing the Scottish landscape with a strange mysticism' by @janpatience.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/1j7XiO7
'Bramble Picking II' by Margot Sandeman (1922–2009) © the artist's estate. 📷 East Dunbartonshire Council
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 🏴
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May 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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 🏴
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LS Lowry painting sold to Guardian literary editor for £10 could fetch £1m
LS Lowry painting sold to Guardian literary editor for £10 could fetch £1m
Rare early work Going to the Mill is to be auctioned after remaining in the Wallace family since 1926
When LS Lowry sold one of his earliest paintings to the literary editor of the Manchester Guardian in 1926, he had an immediate change of heart.
Arthur Wallace had edited a supplement for the Guardian to accompany a civic week organised by Manchester city council in October 1926, and featured three paintings by the then struggling artist. Continue reading...
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April 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
LS Lowry painting sold to Guardian literary editor for £10 could fetch £1m
LS Lowry painting sold to Guardian literary editor for £10 could fetch £1m
LS Lowry painting sold to Guardian literary editor for £10 could fetch £1m
Rare early work Going to the Mill is to be auctioned after remaining in the Wallace family since 1926
When LS Lowry sold one of his earliest paintings to the literary editor of the Manchester Guardian in 1926, he had an immediate change of heart.
Arthur Wallace had edited a supplement for the Guardian to accompany a civic week organised by Manchester city council in October 1926, and featured three paintings by the then struggling artist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
On 25.03.25, Women in Journalism Scotland is hosting: “What is Substack and why is it the future?” WiJS co-chair Anna Burnside, will be joined by Sam Baker, Fiona Gibson & Lucy Sweet to find out how they use Substack… Tickets £5 (members) & £7.50 (non-members)
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What is Substack and why is it the future?
Join Sam Baker, Fiona Gibson and Lucy Sweet to find out how they use Substack and why it's such a great platform for building a brand.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
On 25.03.25, Women in Journalism Scotland is hosting: “What is Substack and why is it the future?” WiJS co-chair Anna Burnside, will be joined by Sam Baker, Fiona Gibson & Lucy Sweet to find out how they use Substack… Tickets £5 (members) & £7.50 (non-members)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-is-su...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-is-su...
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:
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airtsandpairts.substack.com/p/everyones-...
(That’s me in my French Lieutenant’s Woman art critic guise)
Link to read my latest Airts & Pairts Substack post below:
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airtsandpairts.substack.com/p/everyones-...
(That’s me in my French Lieutenant’s Woman art critic guise)
March 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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:
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airtsandpairts.substack.com/p/everyones-...
(That’s me in my French Lieutenant’s Woman art critic guise)
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)
February 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“The red represents the women’s blood, the grey the ashes left when they were burned & the pink the tape used to tie up legal documents.”
Read Dani Garavelli @heraldscotland on the new Witches of Scotland tartan, designed by Prickly Thistle’s Clare Campbell.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2493734...
Read Dani Garavelli @heraldscotland on the new Witches of Scotland tartan, designed by Prickly Thistle’s Clare Campbell.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2493734...
Zoe Venditozzi and l, the Witches of Scotland - commissioned this memorial tartan to remember those people, mostly women, killed as witches in Scotland. There is meaning to the colours and pattern :
February 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“The red represents the women’s blood, the grey the ashes left when they were burned & the pink the tape used to tie up legal documents.”
Read Dani Garavelli @heraldscotland on the new Witches of Scotland tartan, designed by Prickly Thistle’s Clare Campbell.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2493734...
Read Dani Garavelli @heraldscotland on the new Witches of Scotland tartan, designed by Prickly Thistle’s Clare Campbell.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2493734...
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.
February 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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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Now seems like a good time to share this series I made about how writers construct 'truth'. I look at memoir, novels and autofiction and talk to a host of incredible people including Olivia Laing, @sathnam.bsky.social and @jennashworth.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Whose Truth Is It Anyway?
Writer and broadcaster Damian Barr explores reality, truth and fiction in literature.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Now seems like a good time to share this series I made about how writers construct 'truth'. I look at memoir, novels and autofiction and talk to a host of incredible people including Olivia Laing, @sathnam.bsky.social and @jennashworth.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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We're living George Orwell's 1984: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.
February 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
We're living George Orwell's 1984: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.
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.
And no-one got kaboomed (my new pet hate in a drama!)
Apparently, they are not making another series, which is a darned shame.
February 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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.
And no-one got kaboomed (my new pet hate in a drama!)
Apparently, they are not making another series, which is a darned shame.
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...
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...
February 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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...
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...
Faints
February 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Faints
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.
@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.
February 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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.
@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.
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...
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...
February 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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...
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...
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.
January 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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.
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/...
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/...
January 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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/...
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/...