Paid Members Thunderplex Posted June 5 Paid Members Posted June 5 4 hours ago, Gus Mears said: I once saw him buy a cheese and pickle sandwich at a Sainsbury's Local in Bath. RIP my good friend. Possibly the first time I have ever snorted while reading thread. Quote
Paid Members BomberPat Posted June 8 Paid Members Posted June 8 I was never a Buffy watcher even when pretty much everyone I knew seemed to make it a central pillar of their personality, but every time I caught it, I found Giles to be the only character I actually warmed to and actually found likeable and charming. He was absolutely brilliant in the Jonathan Creek pilot as the smarmy womanising magician, and it's a real shame (though not for his career) to have not seen him take that role forward into the full series. Above all, I think he was the best Frank N. Furter to have not just been doing a carbon copy of how Tim Curry played it, just pure charm. I have a couple of friends who knew him through the convention circuit and were absolutely devastated by this news, everything they have had to say about him, and everything written about him these last few days, sounds like he was an absolute gem of a bloke. Quote
DavidB6937 Posted June 8 Posted June 8 12 minutes ago, BomberPat said: I have a couple of friends who knew him through the convention circuit and were absolutely devastated by this news, everything they have had to say about him, and everything written about him these last few days, sounds like he was an absolute gem of a bloke. Honestly it's been really heart-warming to read so many tributes to him and people sharing their experiences on socials. Not a single bad one. From the people that worked from him to the many that met him over the years. I really hope he knows how loved he was and how much he meant to people. Quote
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted June 8 Awards Moderator Posted June 8 He was a long time ambassador for Battersea as well, and a big advocate for rescue dogs and cats. Just seems like an all-round great guy. I’m one of those types Pat mentioned whose personality revolved around Buffy for a good while, but it was a Giles type I kind of wanted to be. Able to help out and save the world but with knowledge and with books, plus extra skills to back it up. He played that character so well, and one of the big reasons season 7 was a step down for me was that, for understandable reasons of Head wanting to be with his family more, he wasn’t around as much. Quote
deathrey Posted June 12 Posted June 12 David Hockney has passed away. Being from Yorkshire we were taught lots about him in Art classes and got to go and see lots of his pieces in exhibitions, he was always an important part of the cultural heritage of the area. Rest In Peace Quote
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted June 12 Paid Members Posted June 12 Former Millwall, and some other rubbish teams manager Kenny Jackett has died. A great manager who got Millwall promoted via the playoffs in 2010. Rest in peace Rocket. Quote
Paid Members BomberPat Posted June 12 Paid Members Posted June 12 it's pretentious, but as a Yorkshireman who's lived outside of the county for the last twenty-five years, I always gravitated to David Hockney in the same way I did to Alan Bennett, as a similarly kind of displaced Yorkshire voice. Similarly, he felt like a cultural giant growing up there, the fact that he was sometimes painting just down the road in Bridlington felt almost magical. When we were buying our flat last year, I didn't know exactly what or where, but I knew that as soon as we moved in I was going to buy a Hockney Yorkshire landscape to hang somewhere - I have The Road Across The Wolds hung in our kitchen, the first "proper" bit of art I've ever bought. A few days ago, someone had left a framed Hockney exhibition poster out in our street for someone to take. I hung it in the porch/lobby area of our building, and I spent a fair bit of time this morning cleaning it up, so it feels very odd to have just come in from doing that to hear this news. Quote
deathrey Posted June 12 Posted June 12 (edited) It's funny how looking at his work just feels like home doesn't it @BomberPat? I'm also living outside of Yorkshire now and always find myself looking for little Yorkshire bits as I find it grounding. Looking at his landscapes of Yorkshire in particular just fills me with something I can't quite put in to words. Edited June 12 by deathrey Quote
Paid Members BomberPat Posted June 12 Paid Members Posted June 12 12 minutes ago, deathrey said: It's funny how looking at his work just feels like home doesn't it @BomberPat? I'm also living outside of Yorkshire now and always find myself looking for little Yorkshire bits as I find it grounding. Looking at his landscapes of Yorkshire in particular just fills me with something I can't quite put in to words. It's funny, because I find myself doing it more now that I live in London than I did for the twenty years I was in Jersey. Though it's always been a bit of a running joke with me and a couple of friends in Jersey who also came from Yorkshire originally, that if two people from Yorkshire ever meet anywhere in the South, they can keep themselves amused for hours just by naming old Yorkshire tourist attractions at each other. Eden Camp! Hornsea Butterfly World! England's Smallest Window! I know what you mean about Hockney's work feeling like home - I don't think I could have articulated it, but it really does. This is the picture I bought for the kitchen: Even before seeing this specific picture, I knew exactly what I wanted. I knew I wanted a Hockney, I knew it would be a Yorkshire landscape, and in my mind's eye it basically looked like this. I looked through three or four different ones that weren't quite right, and then this one just clicked with me. I showed it to my partner, and she agreed that whether this depicts a real view or an imagined one, whether it's a specific place or not, it just is where I grew up. It's captured something really essential, like the heart of the place, and I couldn't put my finger on how or why, it just did. Quote
deathrey Posted June 12 Posted June 12 5 hours ago, BomberPat said: It's funny, because I find myself doing it more now that I live in London than I did for the twenty years I was in Jersey. Though it's always been a bit of a running joke with me and a couple of friends in Jersey who also came from Yorkshire originally, that if two people from Yorkshire ever meet anywhere in the South, they can keep themselves amused for hours just by naming old Yorkshire tourist attractions at each other. Eden Camp! Hornsea Butterfly World! England's Smallest Window! I know what you mean about Hockney's work feeling like home - I don't think I could have articulated it, but it really does. This is the picture I bought for the kitchen: Even before seeing this specific picture, I knew exactly what I wanted. I knew I wanted a Hockney, I knew it would be a Yorkshire landscape, and in my mind's eye it basically looked like this. I looked through three or four different ones that weren't quite right, and then this one just clicked with me. I showed it to my partner, and she agreed that whether this depicts a real view or an imagined one, whether it's a specific place or not, it just is where I grew up. It's captured something really essential, like the heart of the place, and I couldn't put my finger on how or why, it just did. Oh absolutely, I really do think all Yorkshire folk do that. My husband can instantly tell if I've been on the phone to one of my cousin's or met up with a friend from Yorkshire because all of a sudden my accent gets turned up to 100. I love that landscape, I think everyone has one that really speaks to them. Mine is a similar one that is how where I grew looks in my head. It's the Garrowby Hill painting, it reminds me both of the roads around Flockton and Elmley TV Tower and the road from Huddersfield in to Halifax. Something in those views just makes my soul feel at ease. Quote
5pints 2.0 Posted June 14 Posted June 14 (edited) Oliver Tree dead at 32. He may not have been everyone's cup of tea music wise, but have to say this one hit me pretty hard. After seeing the headlines, I had to check other media outlets to see if they were reporting the same thing. Oliver had a history of fake reporting his retirement, so hoping this was one of his pranks, announcing the death of his Oliver Tree persona, but no, the reporting is true. Very sad for those that lost their lives in the Helicopter crash. Edited June 14 by 5pints 2.0 Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted June 15 Members Posted June 15 (edited) Roger Cook, aged 83. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/15/investigative-journalist-and-broadcaster-roger-cook-dies-aged-83 A proper journalist. I went back and watched a load of The Cook Report a few years back and it is top telly. The hot dog wars one especially. Good memories of my old man sat in front of it weekly, and he'd just say things "Good! The bastards" as Roger would expose cowboys etc. Edit: treat yourself today. Edited June 15 by SuperBacon RIP Rog Quote
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted June 15 Paid Members Posted June 15 I thought he was already dead. I saw Roy Hattersley passed away over the weekend as well. I'll probably remember his Spitting Image puppet more than I will the real person. Quote
Chili Posted June 15 Posted June 15 2 minutes ago, Jazzy G said: I thought he was already dead. I saw Roy Hattersley passed away over the weekend as well. I'll probably remember his Spitting Image puppet more than I will the real person. Tub of Lard on Have I Got News for You is what I think of with Roy Hattersley. Quote
Paid Members Thunderplex Posted June 15 Paid Members Posted June 15 Roger Cook being twatted with an umbrella was a mainstay of clip show for years. Quote
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