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JANEY'S BLOG
New postings most days

JANEY'S COLUMN IN THE SCOTSMAN
appears every Monday

BOOK

HANDSTANDS IN THE DARK
Janey's Autobiography 1961-1994
Ebury Press/Random House, June 2005

SHORT STORIES

PEN PAL
January 2008

A REAL GHOST STORY
October 2007

THE ACID TRIP, THE ROBBERS AND NANCY THE DOG
September 2007

WEEPING DARK BLOOD
May 2005

THE BUDGIE
August 2004

I KNOW WHAT THE WORD IS
June 2004

JOURNALISM

MY MOTHER WAS STABBED
ON THE STREETS OF SHETTLESTON...
TODAY THEY ARE EVEN WORSE
Janey on the Glasgow East by-election
TSunday Herald, 20th July 2008

ACCENTS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS
Janey on having a Scots accent in London
Time Out, 3rd-9th April 2008

STAND UP FOR WOMEN WHO LIVE IN FEAR
Male violence against women
Sunday Herald, 9th March 2008

COMPERING? IT'S WAR!
The pitfalls of comedy club compering
Chortle, 13th December 2007

RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC COMEDY WAS NO JOKE
Janey on the death of comedian Bernard Manning
The Scotsman, 19th June 2007

GLASGOW KISS AND TELL
Janey's view on life in London
Time Out, 28th March - 3rd April 2007

THE ONLY RULE ABOUT WHAT MAKES US LAUGH...
THERE ARE NO RULES
The brink of grief; the edge of laughter
The Scotsman, 17th February 2007

JADE'S NOT A RACIST, SHE'S JUST
AN OLD-FASHIONED PLAYGROUND BULLY
Celebrity Big Brother
The Scotsman , 20th January, 2007

EVEN JADE'S MUM HAS MY SYMPATHY
IN THIS EXPERIMENT
Celebrity Big Brother & Kings of Comedy
The Scotsman, 11th January 2007

PRESCRIPTION HEROIN
IS LONG OVERDUE
The government, drugs and prostitution
The Scotsman, 20th December 2006

AT LAST WOMEN CAN
HAND OVER REINS TO MEN
The Male Contraceptive Pill
The Scotsman, 28th November 2006

16 DAYS, 16 WOMEN
Amnesty's Campaign Against Gender Violence
Amnesty International UK Blog, 25th November 2006

THE PERFECT FACE FOR COMEDY:
NOW I KNOW WHY THEY'RE LAUGHING
Scientific Research on the Human Face
The Scotsman, 10th November 2006

UP, UP AND AWAY
Anti-Terrorist Security at Airports
Sunday Herald, 5th November 2006

HE IS RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC, MISOGYNISTIC, VIOLENTLY ANTI-SEMITIC AND JUST PLAIN IGNORANT, YET THE AUDIENCE APPRECIATES HIS POST-MODERNIST IRONY
The Borat Movie and Offensive Comedy
Sunday Herald, 29th October 2006

WHY SECTARIANISM IS SCOTLAND'S DIRTY LITTLE SECRET
Religious Intolerance
The Scotsman, 14th October 2006

BAYING FOR BLOOD OVER McCARTNEY-MILLS SPLIT
Press coverage of Paul McCartney's marriage break-up
The Scotsman, 15th June 2006

MY CURRENT READS
What books Janey was reading
Dominion Post, New Zealand, May 2006

ME, MADONNA AND THE GUNS OF GLASGOW
How to Grow Old Disgracefully
Time Out, 18th-25th January 2006

I BELIEVED I DESERVED TO BE MISTREATED
Sex Abuse
Red magazine, December 2005

BILLY CONNOLLY
A Comedy Hero
The List, 30th March 2005

HAVING TO TALK A MAN OUT OF KILLING HIMSELF
A Real Incident at the Edinburgh Fringe
The Scotsman, 11th August 2004

JANEY'S FRINGE DIARY
Weekly Edinburgh Fringe Diary
The Big Issue, Scotland, 29th July-25th August 2004

JUST FOR LAUGHS
Life on The Comedy Circuit
The Word's Out, January 2004