Tag: Patrick Stewart

I’m holding out for a hero

“As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.” – Ernest Hemingway I once was asked in my high school creative writing class to name my hero. The best I could come up with was Philip Nolan, otherwise known as the Man Without a Country. Otherwise…fiction. I don’t know …

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People We Love: Patrick Stewart

Stage and screen actor, Sir Patrick Stewart was born on this day in 1940. While most know him for his portrayal of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation or as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films, Stewart was with the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1966 until 1982. When cast as Picard, …

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