Is it ever too late to start HRT? We meet a Glasgow Menopause Warrior who started HRT at 63, and former City exec who’s still enjoying the benefits at 78. Plus some advice from Dr Louise Newson. If we’re working to 67, it makes sense to stay strong. Read here: open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

Something for the weekend…talking with Davina McCall on her Begin Again podcast about reinvention, menopause, longevity and my book How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis. Listen here: youtu.be/YqQAzSdqpCs

I’ve written an essay on Riot Women, by genius scriptwriter Sally Wainwright. Her six-part BBC series is about midlife women in crisis who - of course - form a punk band. But there’s serious, darker stuff in there too about the mental health issues too. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

Delighted to be on the Begin Again podcast with Davina McCall this week. We talk about how we both rebooted our lives, became menopause campaigners, and made a couple of documentaries together. And about my book, How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis. Here’s the podcast: youtu.be/YqQAzSdqpCs

How to defuse the time bombs of ageing with Dr Vonda Wright open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

Was Mrs T on HRT? Do hormones affect the will to power. The answer, for Thatcher, was rather surprising: substack.com/@katemuir/no...

As someone who is probably fast approaching perimenopause, I've been paying a lot of attention to the latest research and modern HRT. We need to talk about it more!

Is the ‘Grandmother Hypothesis’ of menopause bonkers? Read my essay: open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

It’s time to rebrand HRT! And why synthetic hormones are a bit like ultra-processed food. Please read my essay on why HRT has been given such a bad rap, in science and popular culture, and how women are the losers in this ideological battle. open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

Book of the day, How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis. @katemuir.bsky.social a women’s health expert, documentary maker, and author of How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis, as well as groundbreaking books on the menopause and the pill. wegottickets.com/event/673121/

Read all about the joys and mental health benefits of (cold) wild swimming here - reporting from the Isle of Gigha open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

Links to the full article which was picked up by the iPaper open.substack.com/pub/katemuir... open.substack.com/pub/katemuir... Please subscribe to my weekly free Substack - I’ll be doing more on this in the autumn. And spread the word. Thanks! Kate

An essay from on the human and hormonal aspects of The Rage 😡 open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

We’re talking about The Rage in midlife below. And please subscribe to my free Substack for more posts like this open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

How many hours of sleep do we need to lower the risk of Alzheimer’s? Read the latest science on holistic protection in my new free report here: open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

Is this electric-blue yoghurt with agave syrup really ‘brain food’? Read my new free Substack post on all the holistic ways to protect your brain - How Can I Avoid Alzheimer’s (Part 2). It’s amazing the extent to which we can control our risks. open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

Read how stopping HRT suddenly puts women at risk of fractures, and staying on it reduces risk of osteoporosis by 25%. Yet some GPs are still refusing to continue HRT prescriptions. Everyone needs to catch up wit the evidence www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

My new Substack investigation on How to Avoid Alzheimer’s is up, inspired by my mum Ella. Clue: get your hormonal glasses on! Read it here: substack.com/@katemuir/no...

My new Substack essay ‘Is My Phone Making Me Dull?’ Is up here: open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

Why are we taught more about frogs than women’s health at school? Why don’t we know that women’s brains rewire up to three times in life, at the 3 Ps: puberty, pregnancy and perimenopause and that we are miracles of plasticity?It’s all here in my new weekly Substack open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

My new free Substack is up. This week: Am I Having a Perimenopausal Libido Surge? featuring, among others, the writer Miranda July open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

Read more about why we need a new cultural and health revolution on my new KateMuir Substack here: open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

Click here to get my free weekly newsletter: substack.com/@katemuir?r=...

“The so-called housing crisis is not about all housing. It’s really only about the dire shortage of what are referred to as affordable homes.,” writes two local activists in the Cotswolds. www.prospectmagazine...

Please subscribe to my weekly Substack newsletter on how to have a magnificent midlife crisis and much more @katemuir katemuir.substack.com/p/should-i-h...

My new free KateMuir Substack launches today - and every Friday katemuir.substack.com/p/should-i-h...

Saturday 3pm in Dundee! Tickets dundeebookfestival.com/product/kate...

Friday lunchbreak? Tune in at 1pm over on Instagram at @uponnoon with me and Eleanor Mills. We both know a lot about completely changing careers in midlife - and starting revolutions🤪

Book launch last night for How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis amzn.eu/d/2kEQ3Ff

Your own crisis manual is available here: amzn.eu/d/gYcW3AM

This is such a good read by @katemuir.bsky.social. I mean, if you’re going to have a psilocybin adventure, have one that triggers memories of Glasgow’s crazy Kelvin Hall circus. observer.co.uk/style/featur...

Promising studies of the therapeutic use of psilocybin- and here’s my own story from my new book. observer.co.uk/style/featur...

Such an honor to sit down with David Marchese for The Interview in the @nytimes — I loved this conversation about my new book, The School for Moral Ambition, and much more. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/m...

Really interested in this - also from the point of view of women wanting to reboot their careers for something more fulfilling in midlife amzn.eu/d/aUhQrvU

Brilliant BBC takedown of the false and exaggerated claims made by the menopause supplement industry. Let’s be clear - only HRT can bring your missing estrogen back. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Degree Show 2025 is open to the public from Friday until 8 June. It includes showcases from the breadth of work across our four schools - Mackintosh School of Architecture, the School of Fine Art, the School of Design, and the School of Innovation and Technology.

5/28/76 Nicolas Roeg's Man who Fell to Earth, w/Bowie, Candy Clark + Rip Torn & Buck Henry (both outstanding) More: @katemuir.bsky.social: www.thetimes.com/article/9897... @daveyjenkins.bsky.social: lwlies.com/reviews/the-... @sethabramovitch.bsky.social: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Out June 5th… Pre-order here: amzn.eu/d/57VAlYk

Someone sent me this quote when I was researching relationships for my new book How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis. There’s seriously useful advice for couples from psychotherapist Dr Kalanit Ben-Ari and an explanation of ‘The Moneypause’ when menopause and divorce crash 🔥 amzn.eu/d/gYcW3AM

Rescue here: amzn.eu/d/gYcW3AM

Higher testosterone levels are protective against dementia and Alzheimer’s - so it might be worth post-menopausal women and men topping up in later life. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40350794/

Out June 5th! Pre-order here amzn.eu/d/g4yGGw6

This terribly sad story of neglect of menopause and mental heath care should be a wake up call to NHS doctors and psychiatrists. Read the Coroner’s Report on the lack of menopause support and education here: www.judiciary.uk/prevention-o...

Book launch for Naga Munchetty’s “It’s Probably Nothing” with a fantastic crowd of women’s health campaigners last night @dauntbooks.bsky.social

Higher levels of testosterone in women over 45 helped protect them from osteoarthritis - another reason for considering testosterone as part of HRT. Latest research here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Me on the unexpected upsides of urban walking www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Prof Tim Spector (of Zoe app) in @thetimes.com talking about his 92-year-old mum who has dementia and his own risks. What’s missing is an explanation of how dementia and Alzheimer’s hit women harder due to hormone loss after menopause - and how HRT can help. 🔥🔥🔥 www.thetimes.com/article/1686...

I just started posting here, and this is a fascinating story about Bluesky CEO Jay Graber. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

In Edinburgh next Sunday to talk about brain rewiring in midlife and other mad menopause science. Ask me anything Q&A too! Tickets: www.edinburghscience.co.uk/event/demyst...