Jani Allan way we treat animals. She highlights the brutality of Marlin fishing - having reported on Marlin fishing events for the "Sunday Times". She is also critical of bullfighting recounting her experience of being invited by an ex-boyfriend to the San Fermin running of the bulls festival in Pamplona. On 4 August "The Witness" newspaper published Allan's piece on Zimbabwe's hunted lion, Cecil. In 1973 she was a student at the University of the Witwatersrand when she met her first husband, the finance magnate and art collector, Gordon Schachat. They married in Mauritius in 1982 and shared a home together in
Frome Festival Frome Festival The Frome Festival is festival of music and culture held annually in Frome, Somerset, England since 2000. Martin Bax, a former mayor of the town, conceived the Frome Festival and ran it from its inaugural occurrence in 2000 until 2007, for which he received the MBE. In 2008 Martin Dimery, was appointed as his successor. The festival programme offers classical music, jazz, folk to indie, literature and drama, film, dance, workshops and free events. More than 160 events are held at various venues in and around the town. These include the two theatres in Frome: The "Memorial Theatre"