My first girlfriend painted this portrait of Patrick Stewart for me over 20 years ago now. It has hung in every bedroom I’ve lived in ever since.

Many years ago now, I saw him and Ian McKellen perform a play in Berkeley . . . it was amazing. (The day before, I actually met and was hit on by Ian McKellen at a cafe where I worked, but that’s a story for another time!)

Sir Pat Stew was always a sort of hero to me. I was very sad when I learned he had died yesterday. Rest in peace, brother!