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GlomOfNit · 20/03/2026 23:09

I adored her - her menopause book was actually pretty good for the decade it was written in (my mum had it!) and she also wrote a book about being mum to boys which I think was actually worth reading too. But for me, like the rest of us, she was the voice of WH. For well over half of my life, and I'm someone who grew up with R4 on in the kitchen/parents' room ALL the time. Her voice had something of the timbre of my mum's voice and when I was a child/teenager, and later at university, I found listening to WH quite comforting because of that.

Jenni was about 6 years younger than my mum (who's still with me) which is sobering.

RIP Jenni. I'm so glad you were able to be that niggling voice, the thorn in the side of the stupid ideologues who wrote you off as an old dinosaur. You had the last roar! 💐

JohnTheRevelator · 20/03/2026 22:53

I've just googled it and it says she died on the 12th March! 8 days ago! How come it's only just gone public?

LizzieSiddal · 20/03/2026 22:49

So very sad to hear this, loved listening to her on Womans Hour. She always put women first. Thank you Jenni.Flowers

JohnTheRevelator · 20/03/2026 22:49

LaurieFairyCake · 20/03/2026 18:33

I’m shocked it’s not the number 1 story on the Daily Mail, she wrote for them! It’s not on there at all.

she was a great writer. Flowers

Yes,I thought this was a bit odd too.

Igy · 20/03/2026 22:47

RIP 💐 🌹

JohnTheRevelator · 20/03/2026 22:46

Omg I am so shocked to hear this. I was only reading an article by her in a magazine a few days agoo where she was talking about her various health problems.

GrimDamnFanjo · 20/03/2026 22:06

Guttted. Disgusted to read the celebrations over on Reddit's transgenderuk - showing their true colours..

Sofado · 20/03/2026 21:49

Freysimo · 20/03/2026 18:46

I'm absolutely stunned. It must have been very sudden. A great loss for feminists.

Why do you assume it must have been very sudden?

WhereAreWeNow · 20/03/2026 21:49

Such sad news. She was a real trailblazer. A brilliant broadcaster.

Bowednotbroken · 20/03/2026 21:39

Such sad news. Mealy mouthed BBC tributes just enraging. RIP and condolences to family and friends.

underthehawthorntree · 20/03/2026 21:32

So sad. Such a loss for us all. WH is so rubbish these days. Has precisely nothing to recommend it now that Jenni and Jane have gone.

FranticFrankie · 20/03/2026 21:31

Aww Jenni
RIP

littleburn · 20/03/2026 21:29

I am so sad to hear this. She was an absolute hero.

Datun · 20/03/2026 21:26

Gosh that's a bloody shock. I'm sure I only just read an article that she wrote recently.

The BBC should be fucking ashamed. They kicked her out for standing up for women on Women's Hour.

A true feminist, unafraid, and principled. And when she took women's side, something she was bloody paid to do by the BBC, they kicked her out in favour of cross-dressing men.

RIP Jenni. You were totally vindicated.

dudsville · 20/03/2026 21:15

I have so much love for her, I'm so sad to hear this. She was a rock.

Ohpleeeease · 20/03/2026 21:00

LaurieFairyCake · 20/03/2026 18:33

I’m shocked it’s not the number 1 story on the Daily Mail, she wrote for them! It’s not on there at all.

she was a great writer. Flowers

It is now. Top story and a very long article about her.

guinnessguzzler · 20/03/2026 20:59

Sad news. I remember my Mum listening to her on WH when I was growing up.

LightDrizzle · 20/03/2026 20:54

She was wonderful. A brilliant journalist and I spent many, many happy hours listening to her on Woman’s Hour over the years.

Sympathy to her family.

Thank you Jenni 💐

Menarenotcool · 20/03/2026 20:51

Amazing woman. Good to see she’s now headline daily mail. Cheerleader for a generation as their banner. Absolutely.

Iamnotalemming · 20/03/2026 20:50

Oh I can hear her voice in my head! So distinctive. What a legend.

StrongPoison · 20/03/2026 20:49

Sad news and RIP to a woman of integrity

JustPlainStanfreyPock · 20/03/2026 20:38

I've really missed hearing her voice on the radio, and like many others never warmed to the post-Jenni WH. So sad that she has gone too soon, RIP and condolences to her family and friends.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 20/03/2026 20:38

Boudy · 20/03/2026 20:30

Fantastic woman.I too stopped listening to Woman's hour after she left. Tried a couple of times but nah!

Edited

Agreed!

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 20/03/2026 20:37

A wonderful woman, and a wonderful Yorkshire woman at that.

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