Jennifer Lucy Allan, known informally as Jen, is a British writer, researcher and radio presenter.
Allan has written for The Guardian The Quietus, and The Wire, being online editor for the latter. 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. This followed previous guest slots presenting special editions of the show, starting from 24 July 2018.
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.Amy Liptrot, The Foghorn’s Lament by Jennifer Lucy Allan review – a whole world in a sound, The Guardian, Wed 28 Apr 2021 She co-led University of the Arts' "Large Objects Moving Air 2018" conference, which featured James Dooley and Chris Watson among its keynote speakers.
In February/ March 2018, she spent a month as writer in residence at Sumburgh Head Lighthouse on the Shetland mainland.
She teaches an eight-week evening course in music journalism.
Selected publications
(About John Tyndall) (About the lighthouse foghorn at Cloch)
References
External links
Day of Radio – There are Foghorns in Japan – audio of programme presented by Allan Turning Point with Jennifer Lucy Allan (Writer) – audio of interview with Allan Allan's A Shetland Lighthouse Diary (series of four)