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The 🫠 ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ BBC Radio 3 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot Mar 11

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #ThroughTheNight Johannes Brahms, Lise Berthaud, Christian Ihle Hadland & Jennifer Johnston: 🎵 Gestillte Sehnsucht, for alto, viola and piano, Op 91 no 1 #BBCRadio3 #JohannesBrahms #LiseBerthaud #ChristianIhleHadland #JenniferJohnston

The 🫠 ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ BBC Radio 3 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot Feb 11

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #InConcert Béla Bartók, Christopher Purves, Jennifer Johnston, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Anja Bihlmaier: 🎵 Duke Bluebeards Castle #BBCRadio3 #BélaBartók #ChristopherPurves #JenniferJohnston #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #AnjaBihlmaier

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Stan Carey Feb 26, 2025

"Ah, take an apple. It'll be a bit of good inside you." —Jennifer Johnston, Shadows on Our Skin

#books #JenniferJohnston #IrishMammies

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Stan Carey Feb 26, 2025

"She knew each tree, now coming into leaf, and the rustle that each one made as you passed it."

—Jennifer Johnston, Truth or Fiction

#books #trees #JenniferJohnston #IrishLiterature #NatureWriting

Stan Carey Feb 26, 2025

"I'm fighting against Fascism. The most evil thing that's ever happened to the world."
—Jennifer Johnston, The Gates (1973)

Obituary: https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2025/02/26/jennifer-johnston-obituary-writer-who-combined-brevity-with-razor-sharp-wisdom/

#books #literature #JenniferJohnston #RIP #IrishLiterature #IrishLit #fascism

Jennifer Johnston obituary: Writer who combined brevity with razor-sharp wisdom

While Johnston was initially associated with the Big House literary tradition, she was above all a minutely observant chronicler of family dysfunction in Ireland

The Irish Times

Irish Independent RSS Feb 26, 2025

[10:06] Irish novelist and playwright Jennifer Johnston dies aged 95

One of Ireland’s most prolific authors Jennifer Johnston has died aged 95.

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books-arts/book-news/irish-novelist-and-playwright-jennifer-johnston-dies-aged-95/a1171157568.html

#One #Ireland #JenniferJohnston #95

Irish novelist and playwright Jennifer Johnston dies aged 95

One of Ireland’s most prolific authors Jennifer Johnston has died aged 95.

Irish Independent

RTE News Headlines Feb 26, 2025

[10:06] Novelist and playwright Jennifer Johnston dies aged 95

Award-winning writer Jennifer Johnston, known for novels and plays including 'How Many Miles to Babylon?', has died aged 95.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0226/1499010-jennifer-johnston/

#JenniferJohnston #95

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Justin Lewis Jul 7, 2023

#FirstLastAnything Episode 9: 7 Aug 2022: Terrific Ivors winner Cheryl Frances-Hoad came on to talk about her career in composing, her Proms 2022 premiere, video game music, #Prodigy, #BernardHughes and her collaboration with #JenniferJohnston. https://firstlastanything.squarespace.com/cherylfranceshoad