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
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Felicitaciones, capitán, por recibir el Premio Princesa de Asturias de los Deportes 2026. 🩷🔟 Tu talento hace historia. Tus valores dejan una huella que va mucho más allá del fútbol.
Felicidades, Leo Messi, por el Premio Princesa de Asturias de los Deportes 2026.
Un reconocimiento más que merecido a tu extraordinario talento, que ha dejado una huella imborrable dentro y fuera del campo, convirtiéndote en un referente mundial del fútbol por tu excelencia, tu compromiso con el deporte y tu solidaridad.
Una trayectoria llena de éxitos en la que el FC Barcelona ha sido una parte fundamental de tu vida y de tu historia. Un vínculo inseparable que forma parte del legado del Club y del que siempre será un orgullo que sigas formando parte.
Lo has ganado todo. Pero hay reconocimientos que transcienden los títulos y celebran la huella eterna que dejas en el mundo.
Asturias ya rinde un merecido homenaje a tu leyenda.
Enhorabuena, Leo 💙
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Today I turn 88…I’ve seen some serious shit. The most serious of it all is love. I love my family, my friends, and my wonderful fans. The power of love remains.
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No solo porque se enfrentan los equipos con los mejores récords de cada liga, sino por su identidad, su calidad, su disciplina y, especialmente, por la manera en que juegan y ejecutan cada fundamento del béisbol.
Más allá de las preferencias de cada quien, estamos ante una serie que tiene todos los ingredientes para ser extraordinaria.
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Hoy hace 22 años que Leo Messi cumplió su sueño de debutar con la camiseta del Barça 🐐
Aquel 16 de octubre del 2004 marcó el inicio de una historia de éxitos compartidos que nunca olvidaremos 💙❤️