Five months bringing young Michael Jackson to life through graphite and charcoal 🙏🏾
Beyond his likeness, I wanted to capture the innocence, sensitivity and quiet depth behind those eyes.
A portrait born from imagination, memory and emotion.
Forever grateful for your light, @michaeljackson 🤎
The Solemnity of All Saints, which we celebrate today, invites us to share in the joy of that countless family of men and women who, following the Lord Jesus, have made their lives a gift to God and to their neighbors.
SIR PATRICK STEWART (1940-2026)
Before everything else, Patrick was defined by being born and bred in Yorkshire, the proud county in the north of England which he loved to the end. You could hear it in his accented voice and in the stern honesty with which he told you what he thought and felt. Yorkshiremen have no truck with half-truths or avoidance of big issues. He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love.
We first met as ambitious young actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company half a century ago but we weren’t in the same productions. My first strong memory was a few years later, meeting him in the street in central London when he told me about an offer to take over a leading part in 'Star Trek'. “But Patrick think of your stage career in the UK. Do you really want to risk—getting lost in Hollywood for years and years?”. Well, he took the risk and thank goodness for us all that he did for not just his devoted Trekkies but film and theatre audiences, who marvelled at his using international celebrity to star in a string of cinema successes ('X-Men' of course) and in great classical plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Arthur Miller, Peter Shaffer, Pinter and Beckett at Stratford-upon-Avon, in London’s West End and on Broadway.
America was his adopted home, where he met his adored Sunny who has cared for him through sickness and health, through thick and thin. But he never forsook his origins: and the proudest achievement of the most respected and beloved actor of his generation on either side of the Atlantic, was his appointment as Chancellor of Huddersfield University in Yorkshire.
His farewell performance in 'Avengers: Doomsday' is yet to be seen.
Ian McKellen 29 October 2026
Photo: University of Huddersfield
We lost one of the greats of stage and screen today. And, in my book, a tremendous friend and man. I learned so much from him. I will miss you, Patrick Stewart, all of my days. @mang0ld
How to write academically as a beginner.
Academic writing is not about using big English or forming grammar.
It is about learning how to communicate your ideas clearly, formally, and logically, with evidence to support your arguments.
If you are a beginner, here are 10 things you should know. 👇🏽🧵
We need a nation where ordinary work can produce a decent life.
A cleaner or security guard should be able to afford a decent car, live in a decent home, access quality healthcare, and provide their children with quality education.
A decent life should not be a luxury reserved for the wealthy. It should be the reward for honest work.
FOUR. MILLION. PLAYERS. 😭🇳🇬👑
Lagos Life just crossed 4,000,000 players!!!
🟢 103,359 playing RIGHT NOW
🔥 1.47 MILLION visits today
🚀 30.5 MILLION visits all time
You people turned this game into a whole movement 😭❤️
4M DOWN. 10M, WE’RE COMING. 👑
Lagos Life right now 👑
🟢 103,600 players online
👥 2,248,377 players in total
👀 1,653,117 visits today, 20M all time
Watch it live: https://t.co/82scd8ijJ2 #lagoslife
This is not a small feat.
Some Web3 projects can’t even build a common airdrop claim website for 10K people and not crash.
She built a good browser based game with an amazing experience all with Claude. 👏🏾