It was Mark Twain who once said that reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated.
But when newspaper reports suggested Miriam Margolyes was unable to be at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year because she was at death's door, she took to social media to denounce them.
"I was furious. It's weird when you read that you're about to die. We're all dying. We all know that. But not yet," she said.
Now 84, she has returned for a second year with a show about herself, and her love of Charles Dickens.
"I have a passion for him, which has only increased. And there's still so much that I've got to read," she said.
