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Anon., Armand Rabot, Jennifer Johnston & Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir:
🎵 Amazing Grace

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The 🫠 ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ BBC Radio 3 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot Jun 10

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #InTune Trad., Alisdair Hogarth, Richard Miller & Jennifer Johnston: 🎵 The Leaving of Liverpool #BBCRadio3 #Trad #AlisdairHogarth #RichardMiller #JenniferJohnston

The 🫠 ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ BBC Radio 3 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot Jun 10

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #InTune Anon., Armand Rabot, Jennifer Johnston & Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir: 🎵 Amazing Grace #BBCRadio3 #Anon #ArmandRabot #JenniferJohnston #LiverpoolPhilharmonicYouthChoir

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

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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

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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/

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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