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From Shakespeare to Star Trek: Patrick Stewart’s extraordinary life – The Latest
Tributes have poured in for Patrick Stewart, who has died aged 86. The distinguished actor had a long and varied career that began on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company before going on to global stardom on the screen in the Star Trek and X-Men franchises. Stewart was born in Yorkshire in 1940, and had spoken of a challenging childhood marred by alcoholism and domestic violence – something he campaigned against for much of his life. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw – watch on YouTube -- Watch the full Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us...
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This is The Guardian. I could see that I was transitioning from being a functioning alcoholic to a non-functioning alcoholic. A desperate man turns to his chatbot for help. Can it convince him to change?
This interaction probably did push me to thinking I have to quit. Black Box, The Chatbots, a new series from The Guardian Investigates about the strange things happening between AI and us. Search for Black Box wherever you get your podcasts.
Patrick Stewart was a pop cultural icon because of Star Trek and because of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. What we leave behind is not as important as how we've lived. He also came from a generation where working-class people could make something of themselves in the theatre.
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