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This Much Is True

BY MIRIAM MARGOLYES

Miriam Margolyes is ano-holds-barred, straight-talking force with little interest in wokeness. Her hilarious appearances on The Graham Norton Show have won her both notoriety and a following. But of course she’s much more than her foul mouth and that naughty twinkle in her eye; she’s also an accomplished and award-winning actress with a career spanning 60-odd years – most famously as Pomona Sprout in the Harry Potter films.

The mark of a good biography is to hear the voice of the writer in your ear while