Laura Lui (supermiffy)

Dollybird, beatnik, teacher, music archivist, doglover, mum of 5, and STILL writing her first original screenplay about life and death and the promises we make.

[Ian McKellen @IanMcKellen]

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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@IanMcKellen I'm not crying, you're...wait, I AM crying.

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Lustre, EblanaHalls Gold Fascinus, being awarded Best Puppy in Breed by judge Jean Wright at #Crufts2026
#clareBalding
#Showdogs
#EblanaHallsGoldFascinus
#puppy

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Woohoo! Our Lustre, EblanaHalls Gold Fascinus (Ch Mother's Finest Jon Snow at Fantasa IMP DEU x EblanaHalls Honeytrap JW), has just been awarded Best Puppy in Breed today at Crufts!
#Crufts2026 #SoftCoatedWheatenTerrier #BestPuppyInBreed #EblanaHalls
#Lustre #WheatenTerrier

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Collected the acorns just off the deck and got most of a bucket full.
#windfall
#StormAmy
@BBCScotlandNews

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#windfall

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#StormAmy #windfall a gazillion acorns were blown off our old oak tree.
#Scotland
#LochLomond @BBCScotlandNews

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More acorns, but what to do with them?

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Lol, waiting for varnish to be delivered by #Dpd today and despite being home all day, they said they 'missed us' but to prove they were there, they took a photo of our very distinct house. This is what they sent me.
@dpd

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Oh I know you are all thinking I've lost the plot, posting about grapes and all but you have not had said "20" grapes from @coopuk
#bestever #yummy
#seriousgrapes
#magicalmysterygrapes

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Get thee to thine @coopuk and buy these black #grapes.
Make sure the variety is "20".
They are incredible and taste like candy floss, strawberries and faint rhubarb.
Magical every flavour grapes!
#willywonka

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How beautiful is the Khyber Pass here in Scotland.
#KhyberPass
#Scotland
#Stockiemuir

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So many bikers celebrating the life of @HairyBikers Dave Myers on #DaveDay on the M6. #HairyBikers #DaveMyers @BBC

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Saw this in B&Q today. Yes magic letters, that's how I feel too.
@BandQ
#howIFeel #LastDayOfTheHolidays @diymagazine #DIY #SundayFunday

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@facebook Um it's 9:03pm and still not back here in Scotland.

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@MetroUK Still down :(

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#facebookdown the story of my life

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Do not, DO NOT watch tonight's Dr Who...it's pure terrifying. #Drwho #StookieBill @ DavidTennant #DavidTennant

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#opticalillusion
Find the dog.
#dogs

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When @evri #evri @hermes #Hermes are supposed to collect a package at your home and you are still waiting 3 days later. #delivery