The one thing we wish we'd known about menopause From choosing HRT to contraception and mood swings, eight famous faces compare notes on what it's really like to be menopausal 4 July 2021 • 6:00am "I’m determined that no woman should feel alone entering menopause, as I did six years ago," says Karen Arthur Credit: Rii Schroer Not that long ago it would have been impossible to find a group of well-known women prepared to talk about their experiences of menopause in a national newspaper. I know, because I tried. In 2019, when I launched my platform for midlife women, I approached lots of high-profile names to share their menopause stories. Most of them declined, with a few notable exceptions like Liz Earle and Trisha Goddard, who have been campaigning for education around this issue for a long time.