Miriam Margoyles - very outspoken lady

Meglotts I agree. The contestants on QI are frequently more "coarse" than Miriam especially Alan Davies but no-one picks them up on it. I don't think the issue is with Miriam being gay - it's because she is a woman, not conventionally attractive and , worst of all, old

I’m sure I’m not to only book lover on here who would very much look forward to ‘Lucky’s Dips’.

I’ll second that! 👏

Lucky's Dips it is! watch this space!!

Apparently MM is going to be in the new Dr Who series.. or have I misheard 🙃

I love mm I find her very funny and her books on audible are very good

Bea65

Apparently MM is going to be in the new Dr Who series.. or have I misheard 🙃

She is the voice of one of the aliens.

Luckygirl3

Lucky's Dips it is! watch this space!!

Oh, excellent!
Many thanks in anticipation!

GrannyGravy13

Bea65

Apparently MM is going to be in the new Dr Who series.. or have I misheard 🙃

She is the voice of one of the aliens.

Oh, not the Doctor herself?

Callistemon21 stop .. I will have to hide behind the sofa just like when I was a young girl 👧 🙈🙈

😁

I wasn't that young but still hid behind the sofa!

The worst was Quatermass, I wouldn't watch it unless my Dad was there too 😁

The script won't allow her free range with her vocabulary and since it's all pre-recorded any stealthily inserted naughty words would be safely expunged.

annodomini

The script won't allow her free range with her vocabulary and since it's all pre-recorded any stealthily inserted naughty words would be safely expunged.

You never know what an alien might come out with, though.😲
Their anatomy might be quite different to ours.

Having declared that I really don't like MM her face is on the front of my magazine this week. This did not please me!

Theexwife

I used to like her but now her smuttiness and fart talk happens in every interview and programme she is on, it does not shock anymore nor is it funny, just predictable and pointless, an elderly person behaving like a naughty 10-year-old is not entertaining.

Exactly.

Wonder what she would be like in Parliament lol

Eloethan

Outrageous and over sexualised behaviour is often found in people who have been exposed to sexual exploitation at a young age.

Wow.
That's some observation.

She was an only child in a close and loving family. She didn't come out to her parents until she was in her 30's, after which her mother had a stroke which Miriam blames on her telling her she was gay.
If you read her book, she was always 'the naughtiest girl in school.' That doesn't mean she was 'exposed to sexual exploitation'.
Her French teacher called her 'Naughty, but never wicked', which I think sums her up perfectly.

She was an only child in a close and loving family.
Spoilt perhaps?

She reminds me of an adult version of Violet Elizabeth Bott.

Interesting that in the heading she is called-very outspoken lady.
She is definitely not 'ladylike' but I think 'lady'is the right term; she is confident, assertive, intelligent, speaks well, could talk to anyone and probably take control of any situation if she chose.
She is also a colossal show-off and delights in offending others, but I have known worse.

Poor man’s Germaine Greer sans the intelligence ?

Callistemon21

^She was an only child in a close and loving family.^
Spoilt perhaps?

She reminds me of an adult version of Violet Elizabeth Bott.

🤣🤣🤣

Oh, she is intelligent.

I think she is a much kinder person than the judgemental old "bags" here on GN !
She strikes me as someone who does care about people, not just in looking "couth"
How boring would most of GN would be on a chat sshow or in a memoir.
MM brightens up life and I find her a worthy person.
That she is vulgar does not bother me at all.

nanna8

Poor man’s Germaine Greer sans the intelligence ?

I think she's quite clever but perhaps thinks she's being cleverer by showing off.

pinkquartz

I think she is a much kinder person than the judgemental old "bags" here on GN !
She strikes me as someone who does care about people, not just in looking "couth"
How boring would most of GN would be on a chat sshow or in a memoir.
MM brightens up life and I find her a worthy person.
That she is vulgar does not bother me at all.

old bags?
Is that how to refer to posters on a site designed to appeal to older people?

Yes, MM is kind, she is insightful but we don't need to hear about her bodily functions. It is just very odd.

What on earth is happening to Gransnet?
Posters being called names and judged because they are older and may have different values by several posters on several threads. Advice on one thread to treat an old man of 86 with sheer callousness because he isn't leaping around like a 30 year old.

What is happening on a site primarily aimed at older people?

I’m really enjoying the book.