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10 UP Miriam Margolyes
Quote of the Week, and everyone’s favourite dirty grandma, Miriam Margolyes, refused to stick to the customary “getting older is a blessing” homilies.

Miriam Margolyes
Miriam Margolyes
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“You’re turning 80 next year — how do you feel about getting older?” OK! asked her. “I think it’s absolutely f***ing awful,” she replied.

9 UP Orlando Bloom
Until this week there were several contenders for the primary fact we know about the Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom. That he is engaged to Katy Perry. That he was once papped paddleboarding naked. That, after the Daily Mail wrote something disparaging about him, his mother sent his CV to the paper to prove that he had nine GCSES.

Orlando Bloom with Katy Perry
Orlando Bloom with Katy Perry
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But this week a new Bloom fact presented itself to the world.