To Bed on Thursdays
Selby-Green, Jenny
Jenny Selby-Green entered the idiosyncratic world of the provincial press by answering a 'Sits Vac' ad for a newspaper reporter (conveniently ignoring that they were looking for a young man). She quickly learned that being the sole female on staff brought few advantages. Even in the 1950s, it was a business tied up in archaic practices, driven by deadlines and a despotic editor called 'God' by his staff. In the course of her work, Jenny was bu...