And so, farewell to the twinkly-eyed, devilishly handsome, suave and sophisticated Anthony Head, who died this week.
Many people associate him most, understandably, with his long-running character "Rupert Giles" in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I hardly ever watched the show.
Instead, like most Britons of a certain age, it is for this - the role that made him famous, the most romantic "soap opera" ["coffee opera", perhaps?] on telly in the 80s - that we remember him most!
He was so much more than that, needless to say. He had a much-lauded stage career, and as a singer released a few albums of solo work.
This, of course, was perhaps his most surprising role...
Don't get strung out...
RIP, Anthony Stewart Head (20th February 1954 – 1st June 2026)
