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Sep 2021
56m 35s

Ep 120: Miriam Margolyes

Plosive
About this episode

We welcome an absolute national treasure to the dream restaurant this week – Bafta-winning actor, Miriam Margolyes OBE!


Miriam Margolyes’s memoir ‘This Much Is True’ is published on 16 September. Buy it here.


Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.

Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).


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