{"id":795357,"date":"2026-02-28T19:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T19:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/795357\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T19:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T19:12:10","slug":"vera-and-woman-of-substance-star-brenda-blethyn-says-theres-nowhere-id-rather-be-than-home-in-ramsgate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/795357\/","title":{"rendered":"Vera and Woman of Substance star Brenda Blethyn says \u2018there\u2019s nowhere I\u2019d rather be\u2019 than home in Ramsgate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vera star Brenda Blethyn says a key reason she quit the detective TV show was to spend more time with her husband in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentonline.co.uk\/thanet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thanet<\/a> \u2013 but has revealed he lives next door to her.<\/p>\n<p>The 80-year-old multi-award-winning actor explained in a newspaper interview she and long-time partner Michael Mayhew \u201ceat together, go out together and live together &#8211; but in separate apartments\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1722 1105\" alt=\"Brenda Blethyn starred as Vera for ITV for 14 years and proved a huge hit\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"7P545JOKGKNXYRCOVHO0.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.56\"\/>Brenda Blethyn starred as Vera for ITV for 14 years and proved a huge hit<\/p>\n<p>The pair, who wed in 2010 after being together for more than 30 years, live in Ramsgate \u2013 the town in which she grew up. She lives in the apartment below her husband\u2019s. She says the living arrangements are \u201ctemporary\u201d and they hope to \u201cfind somewhere together eventually\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/lifestyle\/article-15587593\/BRENDA-BLETHYN-living-door-husband-80-never-leaving-hometown-Ramsgate-getting-surprise-call-Robert-Redford.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Mail\u2019s You magazine<\/a>, she explained their unusual living arrangements as a consequence of \u201che likes hot, and I like cold\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The star, who remains in high demand with roles taking her around the world, says of her hometown: \u201cMy idea of a holiday is going home. There\u2019s nowhere else I would rather be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She was recently recruited to star in Channel 4 drama A Woman of Substance, after bowing out of Vera after 14 years.<\/p>\n<p>Filming the long-running ITV detective show meant she was on location in Northumberland for half the year, while Michael remained at home.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 2178 1624\" alt=\"The actor says there is &#x201C;no place I would rather be&#x201D; than in Ramsgate\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"5CW1R0CAWYPMNYDT71S5.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.34\"\/>The actor says there is \u201cno place I would rather be\u201d than in Ramsgate<\/p>\n<p>And she admits, the passing of years has made her aware of her own mortality, with some charity stores in Ramsgate benefiting as a result.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cYou have to make sure you are not leaving any problems behind. I am actively getting rid of stuff; I think the charity shops in Ramsgate are sick of seeing me. The good stuff goes to them and the rest goes to the dump.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vera star Brenda Blethyn says a key reason she quit the detective TV show was to spend more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":795358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,77,495,1510,16,15],"class_list":["post-795357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-kent","tag-thanet","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116149849059500169","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}