Since first speaking out her own experience eight years ago, the broadcaster has been a passionate menopause advocate. Here, she talks about those still suffering in silence, the sexual invisibility of women in their 60s and how her Irish childhood shaped her

Mariella Frostrup. Photo: Kate Martin
With her husky voice and deliciously crisp accent, Mariella Frostrup has been a media giant in the UK for decades, straddling the TV, newspaper, music, publishing and movie industries.
Which makes some of the starker details of her Irish childhood all the more arresting.