News & Musings
Thoughts, news, ramblings by Jane. A blog by any other name, find out what Jane is up to and learn more about her latest ventures, antics, and ever evolving life choices as she embarks on rewilding herself.
Old Jane, New Jane…
It’s been long overdue but, after many years of neglect (bit like me I guess!), I am not just renewing/rewilding myself, but also my website.
As “Old Jane” makes way for “New Jane”, my old and rather out-dated website also steps aside and I am thrilled to welcome the new new site alongside the New Jane.
Rewilding Oneself - A Journey…
It is not easy, nor something to take lightly, to walk out of a life and start again at this age. No-one does this unless and until they fully understand that they only get one shot at life, that it could all be over in a split second, and the only thing worse than dying, is dying with regret.
As I settle into Marrakech, into a new life that is a hop, skip and jump from my family and oldest friends, as I discover this city that completely and utterly feels like home, I feel like I am in the process of Rewilding myself.
Toxic Friendships - Still an issue at 55!
Even at our age, social media can still cause havoc in our friendships.
We think that we are old enough and wise enough to deal with issues in our friendships, that petty jealousies and insecurities are relegated to schooldays, but social media fuels those insecurities, and many of us are finding that some friendships cannot survive the curse of Instagram.
What’s It Like Being Told You Have Cancer?
Message to The Princess of Wales from cancer survivor Jane Green.
When, in 2014, I was diagnosed aged 46 with malignant melanoma — a particularly aggressive form of skin cancer that couldn’t simply be scraped away and forgotten, but the type that required surgery and biopsies of nearby lymph nodes, six-monthly check-ups and recurring worries about my surgeon’s warning that ‘melanomas have a habit of returning’ – my children seemed surprisingly unbothered.
Rainbow Girl - New Audio Drama
RAINBOW GIRL, A NEW AUDIO DRAMA SET IN THE ROCK STAR WORLD OF 1979, AVAILABLE NOW!
It’s 1979, the lead guitarist of The Wide Eyed Boys, Eddie Allbright, and his supergroupie model wife, Lissy Ellery are one of the most famous and glamorous rock couples in the world. From the outside, their life looks like a dream, but behind closed doors too many drugs, too many affairs and too much black magic is creating a recipe that will either save them, or destroy them.
Sister Stardust - Available Now!
FIFTY YEARS AGO, TALITHA GETTY WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER HUSBAND’S APARTMENT IN ROME.
She had flown there for the weekend from her glorious London house on Cheyne Walk, some say to try and reconcile. At first, it was said to be an overdose of alcohol and barbiturates, but later it was revealed that it was a heroin overdose.