Jane Garvey Biography
Jane Garvey born Jane Susan Garvey is a British radio presenter, currently of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. She was the first voice on BBC Radio 5 Live on air when it was launched at 5: 00 am on 28 March 1994.
She presented the breakfast programme and the relaunched Midday show while she was with Radio 5 Live and later co-presented its Drive show on weekday afternoons with Peter Allen, for which she and Allen won four Sony Gold Awards.
She was educated at Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ School in Crosby which is an independent school in Merseyside. After studying English at University of Birmingham. According to Garvey’s description of her childhood, she phrases and terms it as cosy, predictable and loving.
She also thinks that the fact that her maternal grandmother lived with them while she was growing up contributed to her fact that she loves interviewing older women. She politically identifies herself as a feminist.
Jane Garvey Age
She was born on 23 June 1964 in Crosby, United Kingdom. She is 54 years old as of 2018.
Jane Garvey Children
Jane is a loving mother of two daughters who are Evelyn Katarina, born in January 2000 and Sian Mary, born in March 2003.
Jane Garvey Parents
Garvey was born in Liverpool in 1964 to Ray Garvey who is her fatherwhile her mother was a hospital receptionist.
Jane Garvey Adrian Chiles | Husband
In September 1998, Garvey married the television presenter Adrian Chiles in Swansea. The couple lived in Shepherds Bush, west London and they have two daughters who were born in Hammersmith and Fulham, London.
Chiles is known as a dedicated West Bromwich Albion fan, and when asked in 2004 whether West Brom would be promoted that season, Garvey commented: “I flaming hope not. Last time Albion got promoted, I gave birth nine months later”. Chiles and Garvey separated in June 2008 and they later divorced in October 2009.
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Royal baby: ‘New mums have so much unnecessary pressure’.
Updated on: 24 April 2018
Mums have responded to pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge leaving hospital following the birth of her third child with their own recollections of giving birth. The Duchess looked happy and relaxed as she emerged from St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London, cradling her newborn son and waving to the assembled crowds.
On social media, other mums were quick to compare their own post-pregnancy experiences with those of the Duchess. A forum thread discussing the birth on popular parenting website Mumsnet attracted hundreds of comments and was among the site’s trending posts.
Many social media users admired the Duchess of Cambridge’s fresh-faced appearance hours after giving birth. Others wondered how they might have reacted to finding the world’s media gathered outside their maternity ward.
Kalpana Vaughan Wilson was one of many women to respond to a tweet from BBC Woman’s Hour presenter Jane Garvey, posting a picture with daughter Clara from her hospital ward.
“I posted the pictures because, as a new mum, we have so much unnecessary pressure put on us,” she told the BBC.
“I think it’s important to show the realities of childbirth and motherhood so other mums don’t feel so alone.
“If someone had offered me a makeover and decent clothes after giving birth I’d have jumped at the chance. Although in reality I’d probably have preferred a cuppa and some kip.”
BBC correspondent Nina Warhurst was another to respond to Jane Garvey’s tweet.
“I’m the one on the right in case you’re wondering,” she said.
Denise Cooper, from Dublin, gave birth to her fourth child, Ronan, a year ago. She posted a picture with her husband, Bruce, taken shortly after her son was born, still in her hospital bed.
“People were talking about how [Kate] looked amazing,” she told the BBC.
“I suppose I felt that we all are amazing just after giving birth.” She could probably have done without all the media attention and would probably have loved nothing more than to walk out in her tracksuit and hair tied up in a mum bun.
“I was proud of what I had done and thought I looked pretty ok.”
Denise said the privacy she was afforded meant she “got the better deal”,
“I got the privacy to walk out with our new wee bundle of joy,” she said.
“I got the chance to cry in peace and not be ridiculed when my hormone levels started to drop.”
Adopted from www.bbc.com