'I'm one of life's learners. I never stop learning'

Coronation Street legend Sue Cleaver has walked the cobbles for the last time and is off in search of new horizons. Here, Sue tells us about her “reinvention”

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Sue Cleaver is looking forward to a summer of countryside strolls and new experiences after walking out of Weatherfield for the final time.

The Hertfordshire-born actress's final scenes as Coronation Street's Eileen Grimshaw aired on 6 June and, as she’s quick to tell Love Sunday during our exclusive chat, she is very much about “embracing change and living fearlessly”.

Now 61, and after 25 years on Corrie, the Loose Women regular is on a mission to learn —or to be more specific, learn about herself.

“I've made massive decisions to reinvent myself and embrace change. This is the time of life when society wants you to just go away quietly,” says Sue.

“But this is the period, for a lot of women who have put themselves second — because they’ve brought up families, had mortgages, etcetera — when we hit an age and think, ‘What now? Who am I?'

“Everything I’ve done in the last year has been about reinvention and discovery. I’d like to say I'm one of life’s learners, and I never stop learning. I'm just getting really interested in me, and challenging all the beliefs I had about myself.”