Thursday was John Humphrys’s last day presenting the Today programme, during which he interviewed former prime minister David Cameron about his memoir, For the Record. The veteran presenter, who joined the programme 32 years ago, had announced his plans to step down in February, telling Radio 4’s World At One: “I love doing the programme, I have always enjoyed it, always loved it. And I still [do], that’s the problem; obviously I should have gone years ago.”
Born in Cardiff in 1943, Humphrys left school at 15 and started his career working for local papers. He joined the BBC as a reporter based in Liverpool in 1966, becoming presenter of the Nine O’Clock News in 1981 and of the Today programme in 1987. Over the years, he has reported on stories such as the Aberfan disaster, Watergate and apartheid in South Africa.
Humphrys’s memoir, A Day Like Today, will be published by William Collins on 3 October. Next month, the Observer New Review will be publishing an interview with Humphrys, looking back at his career and the highs and lows of his time at the Today programme. If you have a question for him, please submit it in the comments section below, email us at review@observer.co.uk or tweet @ObsNewReview by 4pm on Friday 27 September.
