Christopher Gullo has taken it upon himself to create the Peter Cushing Museum Online. It’s full of interesting details about Cushing’s life. I completely heart Peter Cushing. He was so twinkly and magical.

Carrie Fisher said that he smelt like ‘lavender and linen’ on the set of Star Wars. No foul stench there! I think that sparkly little David Tennant channels him in Doctor Who.

We watched Night Creatures last night (which is about Pirates, yay!) and I won’t give away the story but of course he lights up the screen. There is a lot to say about him, he was a painter, specialising in watercolours. He adored his wife and he couldn’t live without her after she died. He had beautiful copperplate handwriting. His long, long friendship with Christopher Lee, we younglings cannot imagine. When I think of him I just feel this overwhelming greatfulness that he existed. What a dear, sweet man.