Sod's Law

Wasn't he also the big blue guy who made a few appearances in Matt Smith's tenure of Doctor Who? Thought I recognised the name.

Jim Broadbent... maybe? Gary Oldman, Emma Thompson and David Thewliss are still on the younger side but I can see any of them having good long lives.

For me it's a toss up between her and James Earl Jones (since I grew up on Harry Potter, Lion King and Star Wars). Losing them both so close to each other is like more nails in the coffin of my childhood.

I'll look forward to not caring when he inevitably resigns in a few months.

Oh God, no. Another extraordinary talent gone.

Says he will not run again in 2028 if he loses in 2024: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czj9ekdvxx2o I really don't think his heart could take it. In more ways than one.

He looks and sounds better than Blair and has done for years at this point. Wouldn't surprise me to see him outlive one or two of his successors even.

Tupperware files for bankruptcy: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gdprv2ddxo I honestly didn't even know it was the name of a company rather than just a type of kitchen product.

Saddest death of the year by far for me. This man was the voice of so many great films of my childhood.

Ooh, I see mymango and his constantly bleeding forehead has broken free of the Jimmy Carter thread.

I've seen his face in the news over a million times and I still wouldn't recognise him even if I met him in the street and he directly introduced himself. Probably a good thing though. Starmer gets flack for being 'boring' but he still has a million times the relatability that Jenrick has. I prefer politicians who value substance over style but Jenrick's terminal lack of either isn't a good look for the Tories. Most people want something.

How the hell is Jenrick doing so well? He occupies the worst of both worlds in that he's both boring and dangerous. He's neither a roof-raising populist nor a moderate in his politics (just look at his asylum policy). Same with Cleverly to a slightly lesser extent. I'm really not sure who would vote for either of them in an election.

Oh well, at least while I was there, I got to meet the guy who was Liam Neeson's stunt double in The Phantom Menace... I'm also astonished that in the five years they've been holding that convention in Cromford, they've never had Brian Blessed there as a special guest. He's the patron of the Cromford Canal right next to the mill where it's held and he's often been spotted on his barge and in the cafe throughout the years. You'd think the con organisers would have his number.

How's Colin Baker getting on? He was advertised as a guest at the Cromford Comic Con in Derbyshire last month 'subject to availability' but he was a no-show in the end.

I did hear he received a bit of a backlash in some circles for his recent badger documentary. Hope he's not under too much stress at the moment.

Surprised that record doesn't belong to Juan Carlos or King Harald of Norway given how frail they looked at the funeral.

Steve McQueen (1930-1980), while he was seeking treatment in Mexico for terminal mesothelioma.

My dad's nan made it to 101 and died when my dad was 55 and my grandad (her son) was the same age as Sven. He loved saying that the only thing that made him feel young when he was in his fifties was that he still had a living grandparent who gave him chocolates and sweets at Christmas.

Looks like he's been spending too much time in that Dali melting clock painting.

On a similar note, that new Google Gemini ad. Specifically the man who says 'wowwwwwwww' because he generated a fake picture of a 'kersploosh' (whatever that is). Makes me want to slam the lid of his laptop really hard on his fingers over and over until he's saying 'wowwwww' for a very different reason.

Bizarre how someone with that background can turn out like her. She really does have 'grown-up Veruca Salt' written all over her.

She really comes across as the kind of person who daddy would have brought every pony in the catalogue for as a child, doesn't she?

He's had that for the last ten years and his band mates aren't exactly the kind of people he can rely on to tell him he made a questionable fashion choice.

Predictably, they left New Zealand out of the giant world map. Truly the Zoidberg of nations.

To be honest, if I walked in a room and found Huw Edwards strumming a harp and singing poetry, even I'd be calling for every mention of him to be scrubbed from the record...