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Patrick Stewart memoir traces path from Yorkshire to Star Trek

The actor's new book reflects on his rise from obscurity through Shakespeare to becoming an iconic sci-fi captain.

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What to know

  • Patrick Stewart's new memoir traces his unlikely ascent from a working-class Yorkshire background to becoming the captain of the USS Enterprise.
  • The book reflects on a cultural era when government support for the arts was seen as essential rather than discretionary.
  • Stewart's career spans both classical theatre and pioneering television, marking a rare bridge between Shakespearean legitimacy and sci-fi icon status.

Patrick Stewart Actor, memoirist

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    Stewart reflects on arts funding in memoir excerpt

    An excerpt from the memoir circulates on social media, in which Stewart discusses the cultural compact between government and people regarding the arts.

    “I was fortunate to grow up in a time when there was a compact between the government and the people dictating that the arts were a necessity in life, not a frivolity.”
    — Patrick Stewart
    • samcohen.bsky.social

      “I was fortunate to grow up in a time when there was a compact between the government and the people dictating that the arts were a necessity in life, not a frivolity,” he wrote in the book.

      samcohen.bsky.socialBluesky13d ago139▲view on Bluesky ↗
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    Patrick Stewart memoir "Make It So" released

    The Hollywood Reporter publishes coverage of Stewart's new memoir, which chronicles his rise from obscurity in Yorkshire through Shakespeare to his iconic role in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

    1. 1 outlet Patrick Stewart Rose From Obscurity to Boldly (and Baldly) Go Where No Yorkshireman Had Gone Before

      first by The Hollywood Reporter, 14d ago