I was shocked to hear of the death of one of my favourite actors today, Alan Rickman, a truly fantastic actor and in reading today’s obituaries an all round nice guy.  He appears in two of my favourite films Truly, Madly, Deeply and Love Actually and was the perfect choice for Snape in Harry Potter.  I don’t normally comment on the deaths of famous people and am slightly taken aback by the reactions on social media but I do think this week we have lost two huge talents whom I grew up with and loved their work and wanted to use my blog to record my thanks for their talents.