Widow's tribute to baddie Rickman 

Harry Potter star Alan Rickman is much missed, and now his widow is planning to celebrate his life on screen with a new book.

'It's been four years since his death, so it's taken a while to figure out what his legacy should be,' Rima Horton tells me at the first night of On Blueberry Hill at Trafalgar Studios in the West End. 'There'll be a book and a film to do with Alan's life. In the meantime, we're planning on getting his archives placed somewhere that people can have access to what he thought or did. Every film script Alan ever worked on, he annotated with thoughts on how to play that character.'

Rickman — Professor Severus Snape in the Potter films — was a memorable baddie in Hollywood blockbusters such as Die Hard and Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves.”

“Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come”.

(Tagore)

Thank you, Sue.

Hello.

I haven't been around for "centuries", but especially so after the tragic loss of Alan.

But today I am writing because of a special request of mine.

Who of you went to the Perfume - The story of a murder Q&A, Tricycle Cinema, London.

I remember having met Sue and Ana.

Anyway, I am asking for pictures of that eve - in case you took some, as I did not.

(Am not going to share them, but want to add them to my private collection.)

I would be honoured if someone would send me his/her photos as it has been a very unique and memorable evening to me.

Thank you in advance.

With all best wishes,

Lex

No, I'm not. See you again, dear Alan.

I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground.

So it is, and so it will be, for so it has been, time out of mind:

Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely.  Crowned

With lilies and with laurel they go; but I am not resigned.

Lovers and thinkers, into the earth with you.

Be one with the dull, the indiscriminate dust.

A fragment of what you felt, of what you knew,

A formula, a phrase remains,—but the best is lost.

The answers quick and keen, the honest look, the laughter, the love,—

They are gone.  They are gone to feed the roses.  Elegant and curled

Is the blossom.  Fragrant is the blossom.  I know.  But I do not approve.

More precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in the world.

Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave

Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;

Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.

I know.  But I do not approve.  And I am not resigned.

Dirge without music - Edna St.Vincent Millay

Just looked into the contents of Rickman's archive and I stumbled across an item in Box 3 called "Unsolicited fan mail". As English is not my mother tongue I looked the word unsolicited up and my dictionary gave the explanation unbidden or not asked for.

Now I wonder is this a general term for any mail one receives and that is not part of a two-sided correspondence. If that is so, ok. But otherwise…

Another point, I don't know if this unsolicited fan mail are only selected letters. But even if that's the case I'm not certain how I feel about the fact that a letter that I wrote might end up with someone else.

Chalebh

Sam Rockwell dedicates Supporting Actor Bafta to Alan Rickman
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/uk-world-news/sam-rockwell-bafta-14307342

Goldman's latest movie, 'The Limehouse Golem', is based around Peter Ackroyd's Victorian novel 'Dan Leno And The Limehouse Golem' and stars Bill Nighy as Detective John Kildare.

However, the role of Kildare was originally given to the late great Alan Rickman - who tragically passed away last year from cancer.

Goldman - who is married to chat show host Jonathan Ross - said: "It was just heartbreaking. Quite apart from the film - it's just a film - but the loss of a lovely man."

In the original novel, Kildare is only briefly mentioned but Goldman decided to make the detective the leading role in the film.

Thank you for the hard work and dedication. Keep it up and stay safe!