Plain Jane

I write a weekly column for my local paper - the Isle of Thanet Gazette. It's part rant, part diary, part observation of local goings-on - whatever I fancy really.

When I first started it, the then editor, Mike Pearce, said it was up to me if I wanted to be loved or hated and I could say what I liked as long as I didn't libel anyone! On the whole I get more supportive letters than not, though I get the odd one telling me I talk rubbish. One week, I reported how a reader had written in to say I clearly drank too much. My most favourite missive ever, came in response. "In my opinion," an elderly gentleman wrote, "Jane Wenham-Jones does not drink enough. If she did, she might find something sensible to say.."

Plain Jane
Isle of Thanet Gazette
Gazette Building
Union Row
Margate, CT9 1PP

Editor: Rebecca Smith