Jenni Murray

In a recent introduction to plans for a Woman’s Hour show about ageing, presenter Anita Rani managed to say all the right things. ‘Why deny something you can’t control? And …

Earlier this week, a historic debate in Westminster seemed to indicate that an assisted dying law for the UK is now a question of when, not if, it will happen. …

I smoked my first cigarette at the tender age of 13. A blunt Woodbine, stolen from my grandfather’s pack. I felt dizzy and sick, but I was determined to persevere. …

It has been three and a half years until the Cass Report was finally published, an in-depth investigation into the most controversial topic in recent years: the medical treatment of …

It’s a relief that Police Scotland are not dealing with JK Rowling’s tweets calling trans men criminals. Like her, I am not afraid of being considered critical when it comes …

Thank you Keren Woodward, singer and star of the all-female 80s pop group Bananarama, for saying what I’ve been dying to say for some time. I had been a little …

I hope Lily Allen’s two daughters, now ages 12 and 10, don’t feel too guilty about their mother’s claim that they “completely ruined” her chance at pop stardom. The singer, …

I was recently going through my wardrobe, wondering if it was too early to wear more spring-appropriate outfits, when I realized I barely own any skirts. I can’t remember the …

It was in the early 1970s, as I was embarking on my journalism career, that domestic violence began to be recognized as a common occurrence in homes across the country. …