Miriam Margolyes

Categories: shopping, people, television

Date: 02 October 2007 10:31:30

Interviewed on Enough Rope last night; and truly one of the best interviews on the show -- surpassing even I think the great interview with Richard E. Grant. The transcript, some video, and complete audio from the interview with Miriam Margolyes can be found here: well worth a listen to: though I will warn you there is some language and sexual references. She is one person who can indeed be called an entertainer: I'll have to try and get to her Dickens' Women show.

I bought a new phone today, to replace my lost, and loved, Siemens S65. Siemens, now BenQ I believe for mobiles, don't sell mobiles Down Under anymore, so after many years happily using the ME45 and S65, I had to switch brands. I find Nokias confusing [yes, I know: most people say the opposite: but I am strange], and I don't tend to go with whatever everyone else has anyway. I looked at a few phones, but not being a hip young thing or a businessman or tech-head who wants the lot, the choice is rather limited -- not much for "dull person who wants a phone, with few extras, and something a bit different from the usual and something that looks alright." I decided on the Samsung A711 which looked reasonable, and got the red rather than the black simply to attempt to be different. We'll see how it goes.