Jennifer Young
Jennifer Young has been writing stories and articles for pleasure for as long as she can remember and has recently become a published writer, with stories in The People's Friend (one of the UK's most popular women's magazines) and The Lady magazine. This summer she won a weekly travel writing competition in The Daily Telegraph. At Edinburgh University, Jennifer wrote news and features for the student newspaper and was Highly Commended in the Scottish Student Press Awards; she also edited the award-winning newsaper. She won the university's Grierson Verse Prize. Since then she has written copiously, and is an active member of various writers' groups.
At university, Jennifer studied geography, a subject which allowed her to indulge in many of her interests at an academic level - history, travel, the physical Earth and even literature all formed part of her course. She subsequently went on to complete a Master's degree in Tourism at Strathclyde University before being employed for over ten years as a leisure and tourism consultant - a job involving researching, assessing and identifying the potential for tourism development in both individual attractions and wider areas throughout the UK.
While bringing up children, Jennifer somehow found time to indulge in a wide range of interests, from mineralogy to European history, the environment to polar exploration. She also undertook a BSc in Geosciences through the Open University, covering such topics as geology, oceanography, climate change and the history of science. The degree involved completion of a 5,000 word dissertation on the subject of earthquake prediction.
Jennifer lives in Edinburgh, arguably Scotland's most beautiful and historic city. In the course of her work and leisure she has travelled extensively in Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom, especially the Highlands and Dumfries and Galloway. Her hobbies are reading (on a variety of subjects), watching sport, especially cricket, and cycling - a wonderful way of exploring Edinburgh and its surroundings.
Latest Articles
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The Thistle and the Rose: James IV and Margaret Tudor
In the fifteenth century, an alliance between Scotland and England was sealed by the marriage of James IV and Margaret Tudor - but it was not to last.
Apr 8, 2012
- Jennifer Young
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Flodden Field - the Scots' Invasion of England Ended in Slaughter
Henry VIII's aggressive foreign policy led to a Scottish invasion in support of their French allies - and to the carnage of the Battle of Flodden Field
Mar 8, 2012
- Jennifer Young
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The Execution of Charles I: Reasons for Regicide
King Charles I was executed in 1649 and became a martyr. The republic (or Commonwealth) which followed his death was shortlived. Why did he have to die?
Feb 1, 2012
- Jennifer Young
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The Great Fire of London 1666 - Accident or Arson?
The Fire of London is 1666 is widely believed to have started accidentally - but could it have been the work of an arsonist?
Jan 14, 2012
- Jennifer Young
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Boscobel House, the Penderel Brothers and Charles II
Charles II's dramatic escape after the Battle of Worcester relied on the support of ordinary people - and he found it in the five Penderel brothers
Jan 7, 2012
- Jennifer Young
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Warm Welcome as Giant Pandas Arrive at Edinburgh Zoo
Edinburgh Zoo is the first in the UK to have giant pandas on display for 17 years after the arrival of Yuang Gang and Tian Tian from China.
Dec 4, 2011
- Jennifer Young
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The Impacts of the 1918-19 Spanish 'Flu Pandemic in Britain
Following immediately after the First World War, the pandemic of Spanish flu struck in a Britain where social change was already under way.
Dec 3, 2011
- Jennifer Young
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Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Mother of Queen Elizabeth Woodville
Jacquetta of Luxembourg, mother of Queen Elizabeth Woodville, survived trial for withchcraft after the execution of her husband and sons for treason.
Nov 2, 2011
- Jennifer Young
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Historic Announcement Ends Royal Male Primogeniture in Britain
David Cameron's historic announcement will end centuries of discrimination against women in terms of inheriting the British throne.
Oct 28, 2011
- Jennifer Young
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The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory: A Book Review
The Lady of the Rivers is the third in Philippa Gregory's Cousins' War series and tells the story of Jacquetta of Luxembourg, mother of Elizabeth Woodville.
Oct 26, 2011
- Jennifer Young
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