Meet Sarah Frater: James May’s Partner Since 2000

Sarah Frater is the long-term partner of James May, an English television personality and the co-presenter of the BBC TV show Top Gear and then The Grand Tour. Born in 1967 and currently 57 years old, Sarah is a dance critic who has been in a relationship with May since 2000.

Frater and May have been together now for 24 years, but they are still not married and do not have any kids. Nonetheless, they seem happy together and with the way their relationship is. With not so much information about Sarah in the public domain, here is all to know about her.

Sarah Frater is Now 57 Years Old

As stated, Sarah Frater was born in 1967, although the exact date of her birth is still unclear. However, looking at her year of birth, we know that she is currently 57 years old. She was born in England, where she was also brought up. It is believed, however, that she is of English nationality while her ethnicity is white.

That said, she has always maintained a very private life, so much so that details about her parents, childhood, and even education are all elusive from the media.

More so, because she is mostly seen with James and hardly grants any interview of her own, she has not revealed anything of significance about herself.

With a career as a dance critic, it is believed that she is educated in the field of dance and theatre. The only aspect of her education that is known is that she obtained an MA degree in History of Design from the Royal College of Art School of Humanities in 2012.

She Has a Career as a Critic

The career of Sarah Frater is not as elaborate as that of her lover, but she still has something for which she is quite famous in her own right. She is better known as a dance critic whose career has spanned many years. She has worked with many dancers in the past across various types of dance and has become one of the most important and respected dance critics in London.

Sarah Frater is also a writer. The woman has written for various online platforms, including the English Standard, for which she was from 2005 until 2015, when she wrote her last known piece. James May’s partner wrote in the theatre category about the performing arts while she was still with the Standard.

Another publication she has written for around that time was The Stage, for which she wrote reviews about dance and other performing arts.

Sarah and James May Have Been Together For Years

The love story between Sarah Frater and James May is one that has been sustained for a very long time. Although details regarding how they met and began dating are not known, what is known is that the pair began dating in 2000. At the time, James was in his late 30s and was already quite famous, and Sarah was in her early 30s.

The couple dated for a while, and after that, they moved in together. Today, it is reported that Sarah lives with her lover in a £3 million home the Grand Tour presenter owns in west London. The property is also home to the numerous cars and 40 motorbikes the former Top Gear man owns.

All these years, they have kept so much about their relationship very private, except for the little details they give during interviews to show that their relationship is a happy one. Talking about his woman in 2020, James May revealed that Sarah Frater had put him on a healthy diet that would help him cut down some of his weight.

He also gave her credit for generally helping him with food and drink alternatives that are more healthy for his bowels and stomach. In the interview, he described Sarah as his better half.

The only other person known in the life of Sarah Frater is Richard Hammond’s wife, Mindy Hammond. Close sources reveal that the two women, whose other halves are very close, share a good relationship. They are said to be very good friends, and Mindy is recognized as the only friend of Sarah that is publicly known.

Is Sarah Frater Married To James May?

Sarah Frater has been described more than once as the wife of James May, with some reports claiming that the couple has been married since 2000. However, from all accounts, the pair has never been married, even though they have now been together for years.

The two are very close, as James once revealed there was no distance he wasn’t going to go for Sarah, but they still decided not to walk down the aisle. Some reports claimed that, according to May, the reason why the marriage bells may never ring for them is that he is not a hopeless romantic, and Sarah has no problem with that.

A source close to the lovely duo revealed that things such as proposals and marriage are not things that James may do, and Sarah doesn’t have a problem with that, which is why they have been together after many years of dating.

Sarah Frater and James May Does Not Have Any Kids

Even with all their years together and the fact that the lovely couple lives together, it is rather surprising that they do not have any kids together. More so, neither Sarah nor James has any child from a previous relationship, and they do not see any need to adopt. What they have, instead, as of 2016, were two orphaned cats that the couple adopted and were caring for.

While Sarah has not spoken about it, James made it known that he has no regrets about his decision not to have kids. According to him, he would have been a rubbish dad had he decided to be one, and his kids would have all grown up to be “glue-sniffing hippies.”

A lover of the environment, James also once joked that by not having kids, his carbon footprints would not be big, and he would not bring any more polluters into the world even though he drives superfast cars and flies around the world.

In a separate revelation, he claimed that the reason why they have no kids is that they are late developers. While he is now in his sixties while his partner is in her fifties, there is nothing to suggest that they may later decide to have kids.