Jennifer Lucy Allan Explained

Jennifer Lucy Allan
Other Names:	Jen

Jennifer Lucy Allan, known informally as Jen,^[1] is a British writer, researcher and radio presenter.

Allan has written for The Guardian^[2] The Quietus,^[3] and The Wire,^[4] being online editor for the latter. She was a presenter on Resonance FM, and in autumn 2019 became a co-host of BBC Radio 3 programme Late Junction, alternating with Verity Sharp.^[5] This followed previous guest slots presenting special editions of the show, starting from 24 July 2018.^[6]

Allan has a particular interest in foghorns, and following a PhD on the subject at University of the Arts London, her history book The Foghorn’s Lament was published in 2021.^[7] She co-led University of the Arts' "Large Objects Moving Air 2018" conference, which featured James Dooley and Chris Watson among its keynote speakers.^[8]

In February/ March 2018, she spent a month as writer in residence at Sumburgh Head Lighthouse on the Shetland mainland.^[9]

She teaches an eight-week evening course in music journalism.^[10]

Selected publications

• Book: Allan . Jennifer Lucy . The Foghorn's Lament : the Disappearing Music of the Coast . 2021 . London . 9781474615037. White Rabbit.
• Book: Strang. Veronica . Tim. Edensor. Joanna. Puckering . Jennifer Lucy Allan . From the lighthouse : interdisciplinary reflections on light . 2018 . Abingdon, Oxon . 9781472477354 . Horn Section: John Tyndall’s 1873 Foghorn Testing Sessions. (About John Tyndall)
• Book: Strang. Veronica . Tim. Edensor. Joanna. Puckering . Jennifer Lucy Allan . From the lighthouse : interdisciplinary reflections on light . 2018 . Abingdon, Oxon . 9781472477354 . Disturbing the Peace: The Cloch Foghorn and Changing Coastal Soundscapes in the 19th Century. (About the lighthouse foghorn at Cloch)

External links

• • • Day of Radio – There are Foghorns in Japan – audio of programme presented by Allan
• Turning Point with Jennifer Lucy Allan (Writer) – audio of interview with Allan
• Allan's A Shetland Lighthouse Diary (series of four)

Notes and References

1. Web site: EBF 2019 Leaves/Waves: Author talk from Jennifer Lucy Allan and Luke Turner . Firstsite . For the final River Stour Festival talk, Jen Allan explores the cultural history of the foghorn, . 27 February 2019.
2. Web site: Jennifer Lucy Allan . The Guardian . 27 February 2019 .
3. Web site: Jennifer Lucy Allan . The Quietus . 27 February 2019 .
4. Web site: Jennifer Lucy Allan – The Wire . . 27 February 2019 .
5. Web site: 2019-09-11. New regular programmes and presenters at BBC Radio 3. 2020-09-26. RadioToday. en-GB.
6. Web site: BBC Radio 3 – Late Junction, A Late Junction special with Jennifer Lucy Allan . BBC . 27 February 2019.
7. Amy Liptrot, The Foghorn’s Lament by Jennifer Lucy Allan review – a whole world in a sound, The Guardian, Wed 28 Apr 2021
8. Web site: Large Objects Moving Air (LOMA) . CRiSAP . 27 February 2019.
9. Web site: A Shetland Lighthouse Diary . Caught by the River . 27 February 2019.
10. Web site: Music Journalism Bootcamp . Hackney Citizen . 27 February 2019 . 21 July 2014.