Miriam Margolyes has spoken of the challenge of being separated from her partner of more than 50 years during lockdown. The Call The Midwife actress, 78, has been apart from academic Heather Sutherland during the coronavirus crisis.
Asked how she would have fared had they been together, she told ITV’s This Morning: “I would’ve loved that actually. I don’t know whether she would because she’s an introvert. “So she likes to be quiet and get on with her work, she’s writing a book about Indonesia. “I’m not afraid of it and I think we really will try to be together from now on, because that’s what life is about, loving someone. “I was lucky enough to find someone who was prepared to love me, I’m not that loveable – I’m smelly and noisy and all