Jennifer Lucy Allan

Last updated

Jennifer Lucy Allan
Other namesJen
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Writer
  • Researcher
  • Radio presenter
Website jenniferlucyallan.co.uk OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Jennifer Lucy Allan, known informally as Jen, [1] is a British writer, researcher and radio presenter.

Contents

Allan has written for The Guardian [2] The Quietus , [3] and The Wire , [4] being online editor for the latter. [2] She was a presenter on Resonance FM, and in autumn 2019 became a co-host of BBC Radio 3 programme Late Junction , alternating with Verity Sharp. [5] This followed previous guest slots presenting special editions of the show, starting from 24 July 2018. [6]

Allan teaching a critical writing workshop at 'Sonic Acts Academy' in February 2016 Jennifer Lucy Allan Critical Writing Workshop (25481987005).jpg
Allan teaching a critical writing workshop at 'Sonic Acts Academy' in February 2016

Allan has a particular interest in foghorns, and following a PhD on the subject at University of the Arts London, her history book The Foghorn’s Lament was published in 2021. [7] She co-led University of the Arts' "Large Objects Moving Air 2018" conference, which featured James Dooley and Chris Watson among its keynote speakers. [8]

In February/ March 2018, she spent a month as writer in residence at Sumburgh Head Lighthouse on the Shetland mainland. [9]

She teaches an eight-week evening course in music journalism. [10]

Selected publications

Related Research Articles

Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme on 29 January 1942.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Unst</span> Northernmost Shetland Island, Scotland

Unst is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles and is the third-largest island in Shetland after Mainland and Yell. It has an area of 46 sq mi (120 km2).

Late Junction is a music programme broadcast weekly on Friday nights by BBC Radio 3. Billed as "Journeys in music, ancient to future. The home for adventurous listeners.", the programme has a wide musical scope. It is not uncommon to hear medieval ballads juxtaposed with 21st-century electronica, or jazz followed by international folk music followed by an ambient track. Each edition of the programme runs for 90 minutes.

<i>BBC Reporting Scotland</i> BBC television news programme for Scotland

BBC Reporting Scotland is the BBC's national television news programme for Scotland, broadcast on BBC One Scotland from the headquarters of BBC Scotland in Pacific Quay, Glasgow.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Foghorn</span> Device using sound to warn shipping in fog

A foghorn or fog signal is a device that uses sound to warn vehicles of navigational hazards such as rocky coastlines, or boats of the presence of other vessels, in foggy conditions. The term is most often used in relation to marine transport. When visual navigation aids such as lighthouses are obscured, foghorns provide an audible warning of rock outcrops, shoals, headlands, or other dangers to shipping.

Lesley Judd is an English former television presenter and dancer, best known as a long-serving host of the BBC children's programme Blue Peter (1972–1979).

Springwatch, Autumnwatch until 2022 and Winterwatch, sometimes known collectively as The Watches, are annual BBC television series which chart the fortunes of British wildlife during the changing of the seasons in the United Kingdom. The programmes are broadcast live from locations around the country in a primetime evening slot on BBC Two. They require a crew of 100 and over 50 cameras, making them the BBC's largest British outside broadcast events. Many of the cameras are hidden and operated remotely to record natural behaviour, for example, of birds in their nests and badgers outside their sett.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cloch</span> Lighthouse on the Firth of Clyde, Scotland

Cloch or Cloch Point is a point on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde, Inverclyde, Scotland. There has been a lighthouse on the point since 1797 to warn ships of The Gantocks, a shipping hazard in the Firth. Later circa 1886, a navigation beacon was constructed on the Gantocks rocks.

Verity Sharp is an English television and radio presenter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gregg Wallace</span> English broadcaster, entrepreneur and writer (born 1964)

Gregg Allan Wallace is an English broadcaster, entrepreneur and writer. He is known for co-presenting MasterChef, Celebrity MasterChef and MasterChef: The Professionals on BBC One and BBC Two. He has written regularly for Good Food, Now and Olive magazines.

Brian Morton is a Scottish writer, journalist and former broadcaster, specialising in jazz and modern literature.

Good Morning Scotland is a Scottish breakfast radio news programme on BBC Radio Scotland, broadcast weekdays from 06:00 to 09:00 and produced by BBC News Scotland. Established in 1973, it is the longest-running radio show broadcast from Scotland and remains one of the most popular. Weekend editions, broadcast between 08:00 and 10:00, were introduced in early 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harry Patch (In Memory Of)</span> 2009 single by Radiohead

"Harry Patch (In Memory Of)" is a song by the English alternative rock band Radiohead. The song is a tribute to the British supercentenarian Harry Patch, the last surviving soldier to have fought in the trenches during World War I. Radiohead self-released it on 5 August 2009 as a downloadable single for £1 from their website, with all proceeds donated to the Royal British Legion. It was added to streaming services on Remembrance Day 2016.

This is a list of events in British radio during 1979.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lucy Worsley</span> English historian, author and TV presenter

Lucy Worsley is an English historian, author, curator, and television presenter. She is joint chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces but is best known as a presenter of BBC Television and Channel 5 series on historical topics.

Veronica Strang is an author and professor of anthropology affiliated to Oxford University. Her work combines cultural anthropology with environmental studies, and focuses on the relationship between human communities and their environments. Strang's publications include the books 'The Meaning of Water' ; Gardening the World: agency, identity, and the ownership of water' ; 'What Anthropologists Do', 'Water Nature and Culture' and most recently 'Water Beings: from nature worship to the environmental crisis', which is based on a major comparative study of water deities around the world. Further information is available on her website at: https://www.veronicastrang.com/

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laura Cannell</span> British composer and musician

Laura Cannell is a British composer and improvising recorder player and violinist. Her work is known for combining the influences of early music, folk and experimental music. Her debut solo album Quick Sparrows over the Black Earth (2014), was named as a top album of 2014 by The Wire and her album Reckonings was named in the best albums and tracks of 2018 in The Guardian. Cannell's music has been frequently broadcast on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 6Music, NTS Radio and internationally.

The Reunion is a radio discussion series presented by Kirsty Wark which reunites a group of people involved in a moment of modern history. It has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 since July 2003, with 163 episodes presented by the first presenter, Sue MacGregor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chania Lighthouse</span> Venetian lighthouse in Chania, Greece

Chania Lighthouse, is a lighthouse located at the entrance of the port of Chania, on the island of Crete, Greece. It was built in 1864 on the site of the original lighthouse by the Venetians. It has been a listed archeological site in Greece since 1962.

References

  1. "EBF 2019 | Leaves/Waves: Author talk from Jennifer Lucy Allan and Luke Turner". Firstsite. Retrieved 27 February 2019. For the final River Stour Festival talk, Jen Allan explores the cultural history of the foghorn,
  2. 1 2 "Jennifer Lucy Allan". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  3. "Jennifer Lucy Allan". The Quietus. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  4. "Jennifer Lucy Allan – The Wire". The Wire . Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  5. "New regular programmes and presenters at BBC Radio 3". RadioToday. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  6. "BBC Radio 3 – Late Junction, A Late Junction special with Jennifer Lucy Allan". BBC. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  7. Amy Liptrot, The Foghorn’s Lament by Jennifer Lucy Allan review – a whole world in a sound, The Guardian, Wed 28 Apr 2021
  8. "Large Objects Moving Air (LOMA)". CRiSAP. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  9. "A Shetland Lighthouse Diary". Caught by the River. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  10. "Music Journalism Bootcamp". Hackney Citizen. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2019.