From the top floor of a flat in Primrose Hill in London, Brian Cox can be seen picking his way along the edge of the park. This flat belongs to a PR boss in charge of Cox’s new project, but Cox lives nearby. He disappears from view, and somewhere far below, a door slams. When he arrives at the top of the house, a bit out of breath, he points out his new place: the one with scaffolding.
Cox, married to the actor Nicole Ansari-Cox with whom he’s performed on stage, has long spoken of separate rooms as the secret to a happy marriage, but now there are separate flats too. “She’s heading towards minimalism. So I said, ‘Good luck!’” Ansari-Cox lives across the park, which is an uphill walk. “So she’ll be visiting me – occasionally! Ha ha ha!”
New Statesman
