Jan Patience

Jan Patience
Jan Patience
Occupations	Journalist, author, broadcaster, communications specialist
Years active	1990s–present
Notable work	Arrivals and Sailings: The Making of George Wyllie (2016)

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. ISBN 978-1-84697-306-2.

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

1 2 3 4 "Jan Patience". Art UK. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
1 2 Patience, Jan (10 November 2021). "Jan Patience: From Joan Eardley to Antony Gormley, our new art columnist reveals a few of her favourite pieces". The Sunday Post. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
1 2 Vass, Stephen (18 November 2016). "A question of art". Scottish Review of Books. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
↑ "Book review: Arrivals & Sailings: The Making of George Wyllie by Louise Wyllie and Jan Patience". The Press and Journal. 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
↑ "The Making of George Wyllie". Scottish Affairs. Edinburgh University Press. 2017. doi:10.3366/scot.2017.0195. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
↑ "Arrivals and Sailings: The Making of George Wyllie". Scottish Legal News. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
↑ "Jan Patience – Journalist Profile". Muck Rack. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
1 2 "Faclan Authors: Jan Patience". An Lanntair. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
↑ "Front Row". BBC. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
↑ "Our Members". Women in Journalism Scotland. Retrieved 27 May 2026.

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[artuk-1] 1 2 3 4 "Jan Patience". Art UK. Retrieved 27 May 2026.

[sundaypost-jansat-2] 1 2 Patience, Jan (10 November 2021). "Jan Patience: From Joan Eardley to Antony Gormley, our new art columnist reveals a few of her favourite pieces". The Sunday Post. Retrieved 27 May 2026.

[srb-3] 1 2 Vass, Stephen (18 November 2016). "A question of art". Scottish Review of Books. Retrieved 27 May 2026.

[pressj-4] "Book review: Arrivals & Sailings: The Making of George Wyllie by Louise Wyllie and Jan Patience". The Press and Journal. 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2026.

[scotaffairs-5] "The Making of George Wyllie". Scottish Affairs. Edinburgh University Press. 2017. doi:10.3366/scot.2017.0195. Retrieved 27 May 2026.

[scotlegal-6] "Arrivals and Sailings: The Making of George Wyllie". Scottish Legal News. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2026.

[muckrack-7] "Jan Patience – Journalist Profile". Muck Rack. Retrieved 27 May 2026.

[lanntair-8] 1 2 "Faclan Authors: Jan Patience". An Lanntair. Retrieved 27 May 2026.

[9] "Front Row". BBC. Retrieved 31 May 2026.

[wijs-members-10] "Our Members". Women in Journalism Scotland. Retrieved 27 May 2026.