At the end of last month I wrote a letter to Lord Saatchi commiserating with him about the death of his wife, Josephine Hart, from the dreaded ovarian cancer. I met her a couple of times at her poetry readings, once with Bob Geldof who was very friendly and flirtatious. She sent me two of her poetry anthologies with DVDs when I started teaching in prison.
I took the opportunity to ask if he'd like to help with our charity, Ovarian Cancer Action. I was a bit worried about doing that as she'd so recently died, but I have had a letter from him thanking me for my "inspiring words," and adding,best of all,
"All shall be well..."
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About Me
- Jane Kelly
- I was a what was once called a "Fleet Street journalist" for twenty exciting years, fifteen of them as a feature writer on the Daily Mail. I left there in 2005 and have since written two books; a biography of actor Colin Farrell published by John Blake and in 2009 I published, Inside, an account of my year teaching literacy and art inside HMP Wormwood Scrubs. That was published by the Social Affairs Unit. I write film reviews for the Salisbury Review Magazine and contribute diary stories to the national papers. My main interest is art, in particular painting. I have taken part in numerous exhibitions as a member of the Stuckist painters. I had a painting hung in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and a painting in the RA Summer Show. Until I was struck by cancer I hoped to make a new career as a portrait painter. I still hold on to that hope!
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