Jan Patience

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.

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. Former chair of the Friends of George Wyllie.