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Daily Mail
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Harry Potter star Miriam Margolyes slammed over high asking price for Sydney rental property: 'There goes 93 per cent of my salary'
Miriam Margolyes has been slammed by fans over the asking price to rent her Sydney property. The Harry Potter star, 84, is trying to lease her two bedroom property in Bondi, and took to Facebook this week to drum up interest. 'Rush to rent this gorgeous Bondi property,' she captioned a post advertising the property listing. However, some fans were less than impressed with the asking price of $1,300 per week for the semi-detached house. 'Oh Miriam! $1300 for a two bedder with no car space is unfortunately not affordable for most of the population,' one follower wrote. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Another chimed in with: 'Lovely, but very expensive,' while a third offered a similar: 'There goes 93.75% of my salary', while one quipped: 'Will you take a Pez and a smile?' A fourth added a simple: '1300 a WEEK. Nope.' According to Miriam's asking price sits just above the average, with the median rent for a two-bedroom house in Bondi currently sitting at $1,245 per week. Miriam first listed the property on May 23, with the promise of 'timeless character and elegant period features'. The compact home offers timber floorboards throughout, a separate laundry room as well as a private rear courtyard. The Daily Telegraph reported that Miriam picked up the property back in 1984 for just $93,000. Miriam, who became an Australian citizen in 2013, also has a stunning home in the NSW Southern Highlands with her partner of 57 years, Heather Sutherland. Dividing her time between the idyllic rainforest retreat, Yarrawa Hill, and Clapham in South London, Miriam also rents out her tranquil escape for $500 per night for two people. It comes after Miriam took a swipe at her adopted home and revealed the few things she dislikes about Australia on The Kyle and Jackie O Show back in January. 'I love Australia, I think it's a fabulous country. I think it's going a bit wonky at the moment, like the rest of the world,' she shared. 'But no, I do care about it. And I am an Australian citizen. I became a citizen because my partner is Australian, and I wanted to be ever closer to Australia.' 'But now I think my allegiance has slipped slightly and gone to New Zealand.' Miriam also revealed the one thing she doesn't like about Australia, saying that the manners are 'f**king terrible'. Miriam and her Australian partner Heather first met in 1967 while working together on a BBC radio drama after the actor graduated from her studies at the University of Cambridge. They have been together ever since and Miriam gushed over their partnership in her 2021 autobiography, This Much Is True. 'We have been together for 53 years. It is a big achievement,' she penned at the time. 'An academic and a scholar, Heather is my polar opposite: reticent, incredibly private and reserved.' Heather is an Australian historian and former professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Back in 2023, Miriam also revealed the secret to the couple's 57-year relationship during an appearance on The Project. 'I just think you must tell the truth, never let the sun set on a quarrel, listen to the other person, and don't look for - don't gamble with your happiness,' she said. 'I think adultery is nonsense. I think it wastes time. Cherish what you have,' the Babe star went on. 'And if it really isn't working, talk about it. But do it with kindness. That's all I can say.'
New York Times
a day ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Stephen Fry Knows He's Become a Middle-Aged Cliché
By email, the actor and prolific writer (three memoirs!) apologized, sort of, for outgrowing D.H. Lawrence. SCOTT HELLER Who is your favorite fictional hero or heroine? Jo, the crossing sweeper in 'Bleak House,' is the character who has the most powerful effect on me whenever I return to that peerless book. (Incidentally, Miriam Margolyes's reading of the audiobook is one of the wonders of the age.) Jo is a minor character really, not a hero, but he literally sweeps across the different worlds of the novel. And Dickens's authorial voice denouncing the society that let him die is a masterpiece of fury and despair. Your favorite antihero or villain? Tom Buchanan in 'The Great Gatsby' stands out. There are so many Tom Buchanans in the world now. Running it. Or — to change a letter — ruining it. In 2021, the Times described you as an 'avuncular public intellectual.' How do you feel about that label? Oh my lordy lord. Avuncular gives me great pleasure. But I disavow 'intellectual,' just as I disavow 'artist' (not that quite so many call me that). I am, I think, an entertainer, impure and simple. But I love the company of real intellectuals. When were you first exposed to Greek mythology? At prep school, which in Britain means aged 7 to 13. I instantly fell in love with the juice, energy and fierce delight of them. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
The Guardian
09-06-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Australia news live: Miriam Margolyes pleads for Israel sanctions; D-day for Tasmanian political chaos
Update: Date: 2025-06-09T20:35:03.000Z Title: Anthony Albanese to address National Press Club today Content: The prime minister will tell the National Press Club today that government and democratic institutions 'including a free media' can meet the demands of global uncertainty, despite growing attacks around the world and the shooting of an Australian reporter covering the Los Angeles unrest. Read Tom McIlroy's full story here: Update: Date: 2025-06-09T20:34:31.000Z Title: D-day for Tasmanian political chaos Content: After a week of drama in Tasmanian politics, the premier, Jeremy Rockliff, is expected to visit the state's governor today to request a state election. Read our explainer on what's going on: Update: Date: 2025-06-09T20:33:43.000Z Title: Miriam Margolyes calls on Australian government to impose sanctions on Israel Content: Miriam Margolyes has called on the Australian government to impose sanctions against Israel. Margolyes has recorded a video message as part of a campaign called 'Jews say no to starving Gaza' run by the Jewish Council of Australia, founded to represent a Jewish voice opposed to Israel's actions against Palestinians. In the video, the British-born Jewish actor who lives in Australia says: What I am begging is that the Australian government faces up to a moral responsibility to help the terrifying number of Palestinians facing complete starvation. You know and I know that people are dying – not just dying from starvation but being killed when they go to get whatever scraps of food they can find. Please think of the children, think of the families. I do – every single day. I live my life happily in Australia. All they want is to have a happy life, just to live. And one of the duties of being Jewish is to save lives, to show compassion, to heal the world, the world is desperate now. I've always felt being Jewish was a privilege because we revere life. We know our moral growth comes from our traditions. I no longer have my faith but I do actually believe in the Australian government's power to do something specific to help these starving, terrified, homeless people. When I look at those pictures and I see what horror awaits the Palestinian people, I know that we as Australians do not want this. I beg the Australian government. Take sanctions against Israel. End the blockade. Support the flotilla that's waiting to bring food into Gaza that has not seen food for a frighteningly long time. Never let it be said that Australia assisted in starving a nation to death. Anthony Albanese has recently issued some of his strongest comments on the situation saying Israel should change course, while stressing Hamas could have no future role in governing Gaza or the West Bank. He has also called for the release of remaining Israeli hostages captured during the 7 October terrorist attack. You can read more about the pressure building within Labor's grassroots membership for the government to impose sanctions: Update: Date: 2025-06-09T20:30:17.000Z Title: Welcome Content: Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I'm Martin Farrer with the best of the overnight stories and then my colleague takes over. Miriam Margolyes, the British-born actor who lives in Australia, has called on the Australian government to impose sanctions against Israel. In a video message which is part of a campaign called 'Jews say no to starving Gaza', she pleaded with the government to help the effort to get food into Gaza so it could never be said 'that Australia assisted in starving a nation to death'. More coming up. Anthony Albanese will map out his second-term agenda in a key speech to the National Press Club today, in which he will say politics and a 'free media' can preserve democracy as he prepares for potential talks with Donald Trump. More coming up. From federal to state politics, and after a week of drama in Tasmanian parliament, the premier, Jeremy Rockliff, is expected to visit the state's governor today to request a state election. We will have more shortly and will follow the story as it happens.
BBC News
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Over 3,000 shows announced for 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Miriam Margoyles, Jenny Eclair and Bill Bailey are among the performers appearing in more than 3,000 shows at this year's Edinburgh Festival programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been launched, including 3,352 shows across 265 music, dance, children's shows, magic and cabaret will all be part of the arts festival, which runs from August 1 to themes for 2025 include the apocalypse, rave culture, disability and sexuality. New venues this year include Hibs' Easter Road stadium. Portobello Town Hall will also host acts for the first time, with a mini-festival to celebrate Palestinian art and culture, called Welcome to the Fringe, Famous Spiegeltent - a Belgian wood and canvas, mirrored venue dating back to the 19th century - will return to its traditional festival home in St Andrew of the distinctive tents will set up in a car park at the Gyle Shopping centre, where an Italian company will present a circus show. There are 325 free shows and 529 pay-what-you-can shows, and accommodation has been provided by several universities to make the Fringe more accessible to 923 shows are from Scotland, predominantly from Edinburgh, with 657 acts represented, compared to 1,392 from the rest of the UK nations, while a total of 54 non-British nationalities are on the Lankester, chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, said: "This year's Fringe programme is filled with every kind of performance, so whether you're excited for theatre or circus, or the best of comedy, music, dance, children's shows, magic or cabaret; get ready to dare to discover this August." On the bill Famous faces such as Miriam Margoyles, Jenny Eclair and Bill Bailey will all headline like Alice Hawkins - Working Class Suffragette at the Arthur Conan Doyle Centre explores a family connection with the campaign for democracy while VOTE the Musical at Paradise Green takes a "gripping look" at the Suffragettes, exploring activism and personal sacrifice, according to Stone's play Happy Ending Street, at Leith Arches, tells a story about three Scottish sex workers dreaming of escaping from their way of life.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Miriam Margolyes feels 'not strong enough' after a major heart operation
'Harry Potter' star Miriam Margolyes has insisted she is "probably going to die" in the next few years.
