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Ian McKellen in 1968.

A new biography, out this week,

portrays a devoted actor and campaigner

– and also unearths a romance or two.

Photograph: Mirrorpix/Getty Images

Ian McKellen

In lieu of Ian McKellen’s own memoirs,

a new biography offers revelations

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Sun 1 Sep 2019    09.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/01/
ian-mckellen-memoir-biography-garry-o-connor-john-humphrys-today-peter-pan-white-city-closing-early

Michael Cashman (centre) with Ian McKellen

at the Manchester march.

Photograph: Reid/Mirrorpix

Section 28 protesters 30 years on:

‘We were arrested and put in a cell up by Big Ben’

In May 1988, the reviled law

that forbade ‘promoting’ homosexuality came into force.

Here, some of those who made headlines fighting back

– from invading the BBC News studio

to abseiling into the House of Lords –

explain why they had to act

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Tue 27 Mar 2018    06.00 BST

Last modified on Tue 27 Mar 2018    13.36 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/27/
section-28-protesters-30-years-on-we-were-arrested-and-put-in-a-cell-up-by-big-ben

Ian McKellen, sporting a Macbeth tartan tie:

‘I think the lad who is sitting there

is probably the man who’s sitting here.’

Photograph: Raya Jalabi

for the Guardian

Ian McKellen portrait unveiled in New York:

'I remember the very moment'

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Friday 7 February 2014    20.28 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/feb/07/
ian-mckellen-portrait-unveiled-new-york

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424641957/at-76-actor-ian-mckellen-embodies-an-older-sherlock-in-mr-holmes

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422966982/an-aging-and-soulful-mr-holmes-puts-a-new-spin-on-sherlock

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