‘I spent £20k dyeing my hair but now I’m glad to be grey’: From Miriam O’Reilly, the TV star who battled the BBC over ageism, a defiant celebration of her dramatic new look
Miriam O’Reilly has been the victim of multiple cases of mistaken identity since liberating her hair, and herself, from fierce beetle-black dye to delicate natural milky white; mainly from her husband of 30-odd years, Mark. In the first week of her transformation, she would be woken by panicky yelps from the other side of the …