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 <strong>– </strong><a href="youtube.com/@todayinfocuspodcast"; rel="nofollow"><strong>watch on YouTube</strong></a> <strong>--</strong> <a href="theguardian.com/culture/video/2016/apr/25/patr…; rel="nofollow"><strong>Watch the full Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?</strong></a>. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="theguardian.com/infocus">theguardian.c…;