Clare Jenkins
@ClareJenkins13
Journalist, travel writer, theatre & book reviewer, oral historian. Former radio broadcaster (R4, R3). Never not thinking of India or Orkney.
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Coming in June Bradt Guides: the chance to share tea, seedcake & samosas with Peggy & her #AngloIndian friends in small-town #India , remembering moonlight picnics, pet mongooses, foxtrots & 'railway lamb curry': bradtguides.com/product/teatim…
Just over a month before this is published by Bradt Guides - which is a bit nerve-wracking... bradtguides.com/product/teatim…
Interesting piece Raaja Bhasin (though I don't knit...) As you mention Anglo-Indians, you might be interested in this, written by me & Steve & being published in June: bradtguides.com/product/teatim…
Musicians' jobs are on the line at the Northern Ballet. To support Musicians' Union union members who are fighting to protect their jobs and save live ballet, you can sign their petition: megaphone.org.uk/petitions/nort… via @megaphoneuk
A characterful 17th Century coaching inn, perfectly placed for the Yorkshire Dales, Forest of Bowland & Lake District ThwaitesBeerandPubs: on-magazine.co.uk/travel/yorkshi…
A funny, sharply-written distillation of the challenges of single-motherhood and adolescence, with captivating acting - and an excellent line about mushrooms Crucible Theatre
Replying to the barrage of racism against my son Sheku Kanneh-Mason this week. So many feel it’s ok to call for deportation, flogging, sending him ‘back to Africa’ and to use ‘Ni**er’ against someone trying to engage in a conversation about music and inclusion. Horror, rage, heartbreak.
BOOKS: A singular Sheffield upbringing remembered in Catherine Taylor's memoir 'The Stirrings', although the unremitting bleakness is at odds with reviewer Clare Jenkins's own Steel City recollections: on-magazine.co.uk/arts/book-revi… Orion Publishing
HOTELS: Could City Suites II in #Manchester be the perfect place from which to explore the city?Helen Johnston pays a visit: on-magazine.co.uk/travel/hotel-r… CitySuitesUK
RIP annie nightingale. We interviewed her once. Always interesting and engaging. It's here, if interested: on-magazine.co.uk/interview/cele… #AnnieNightingale
BOOKS: The art of sheep farming on #Orkney , in an illuminating and dedicated book.
Clare Jenkins reviews 'The Lost Flock' by Jane Cooper: on-magazine.co.uk/arts/book-revi… Chelsea Green Publishing