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Thirty years in one job seems unfathomable to most younger people. But for journalists, Dame Jenni Murray and Lucy Kellaway, professional success, a good income and a passion for the work kept them at the BBC and the Financial Times for the majority of their working lives. In this final episode in our series, they open up about their shared experience of saying goodbye to the institutions that defined them, and tell us honestly whether they wish they'd done it sooner. Now I'm Grown Up is...

It’s not a stretch to say that an inspirational teacher can really change your life. Broadcaster and author Jenni Murray explores the life-long importance of this student-teacher bond with one particular former student and his teacher. Bobby Seagull, an investment banker-turned-maths teacher, author, and TV presenter, joins Jenni alongside Nick Christie — or Mr Christie — his maths teacher from secondary school, to talk about the impact a teacher can have long beyond our school days.Now...

“What’s the point of school?” might be a question you most often associate with a grumpy teenager. But it’s something society also needs to be asking itself: what are schools for? To learn facts and theories, equations and quotations? To build intangible skills, like confidence, resilience, and how to work in teams? To inspire minds, to pass exams, or just to keep kids off the Xbox? To discuss what schools are really for, broadcaster and author Jenni Murray is joined by Lucy Kellaway, a ...

From the way we teach to what we teach — and from the sex ed syllabus to free schools and academies — education has changed dramatically in recent decades. Across the country, there’s been an education revolution underway, and being a teacher now is more exciting than ever before. To discuss how our classrooms and curriculums have changed since you were at school, broadcaster and author Jenni Murray is joined by Guardian education columnist Laura McInerney and former education secretary David...

Health, wealth and wellbeing. Key determinants of how our lives pan out. And one of the biggest ways to guarantee them in a child's life? A good education. Broadcaster and author Jenni Murray is joined by the “Covid Catch-up Tsar” Sir Kevan Collins and Dame Rachel de Souza, Children’s Commissioner for England, to discuss why your schooldays are so important, and how their legacy leaves a ripple effect across an individual’s life, as well as in society at large.Now I'm Grown Up is hosted by Je...

We all know the key ingredients to a long and healthy life: good genes, good luck, healthy food, regular exercise. And according to many studies, a sense of purpose should be high up that list too. But over a 100-year life span, how do we make sure our sense of purpose doesn’t run out?Broadcaster and author Jenni Murray digs into this critical question, exploring how our motivations change as we get older, and why a second career that makes a difference could give us all a new spring in our s...