Jan Patience is a Scottish arts journalist, author, and broadcaster. She is a long-standing arts columnist for The Sunday Post and previously wrote on visual art for The Herald. She is the co-author, with Louise Wyllie, of Arrivals and Sailings: The Making of George Wyllie (2016), a biography of the Scottish artist George Wyllie.
Career Journalism Patience has worked as a journalist and editor for more than 30 years, contributing to a range of publications including The Times, the Sunday Times, The Herald, the Daily Record, The National, The Sunday Post and Homes & Interiors Scotland. She was previously editor of the Daily Record Saturday magazine, which won Magazine of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards during her tenure.
Broadcasting Patience appears regularly as an arts commentator on radio and television, including BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio 4's Front Row,BBC Scotland and STV.
Bibliography Arrivals and Sailings: The Making of George Wyllie (with Louise Wyllie), Polygon/Birlinn, 2016. .
Memberships and affiliations Founding member and former co-chair (2019–2021) of Women in Journalism Scotland. Former chair of the Friends of George Wyllie.
References
External links Official website Jan Patience at Art UK Jan Patience at Muck Rack