Last week my son came with me to central London for a work meeting. As I walked up a flight of stairs, he stopped, looked at me and said, ‘You …
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JENNI MURRAY: I knew Jimmy Savile, Rolf Harris and Mohamed Al Fayed before their depraved crimes were exposed… and there was one chilling factor that united them all.
by MerryI first met Mohamed Al Fayed while working for the BBC’s Newsnight programme. It was 1985 and he had come into the spotlight after buying two major British institutions: the …
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JENNI MURRAY: Why Blake Lively’s new film, It Ends With US, exposes real victims of domestic violence
by ElijahOn Sunday night I went to the cinema to see a film that I thought was very important. It’s called It Ends With Us and it’s based on a novel …
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JENNI MURRAY: No parent should send their child to a gender clinic at just five years old
by MerryWhen I was about six, I spent a long period thinking that life would be easier if I were a boy. I thought I could get into more mischief and …
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When I had breast cancer, I met the surgeon who performed my mastectomy and made sure he knew how much I appreciated his efforts. But I recently realized that I …
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JENNI MURRAY: The disgusting ‘packages’ men sent me while I was on TV… but what today’s presenters face is FAR worse
by MerryWhen I started working in television more than 40 years ago, it never occurred to me that enduring rampant misogyny would be part of the job. There weren’t many of …
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When I was two years old, my grandfather gave me my first riding lesson. He had learned to ride cavalry and taught me how to sit, where to put my …
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JENNI MURRAY: My pets broke my back and almost cost me my foot. But I would still spend ALL my money on them.
by MerryThere are times when my pets drive me crazy. Take Minnie the Chihuahua puppy, now a teenager at one year and two months old and currently snuggled on my chest. …
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JENNI MURRAY: Why do walkers and garbage dumpsters assume they can go anywhere, even to my rural garden?
by MerryA few years ago when my family and I had a small farm in the Peak District, I was sitting on my swing enjoying the sunshine and the beautiful view …
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JENNI MURRAY: Why do women think it’s okay to care for a baby while they’re at work?
by ElijahA very curious story earlier this week: Helen Ballerino was pregnant when she took a job as an accountant at Ascot with the Racecourse Association. She had her own office, …