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Friend of Netflix actor found dead says he wasn’t involved in anything ‘nefarious’

Friend of Netflix actor found dead says he wasn’t involved in anything ‘nefarious’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter A friend of Stewart McLean has spoken out after the Virgin River actor was found dead in British Columbia. The remains of McLean, 45, were found by Canada’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) on Friday, May 22. His death is being investigated as a homicide. Speaking to The Canadian Press, McLean’s friend and acting coach Jeff Seymour said he knew something was very wrong as soon as the actor failed to turn up for filming last Saturday. “He was meticulous about everything, and there would be no chance he blew it off or slept too late. As soon as I heard he didn’t make it on Saturday morning, I knew there was big trouble,” said Seymour. Seymour went on to describe McLean as a “straight arrow” and added, “It just doesn’t make any sense. He was incredibly situationally aware. I bring …

The pub that changed me: ‘It had some nefarious characters – but with lovely shoes’ | Pubs

The pub that changed me: ‘It had some nefarious characters – but with lovely shoes’ | Pubs

Published by Sam Flores

The Glory, east London (closed 2024) In a packed pub, revellers chat, sip lager and look at their phones. Suddenly a side door crashes open, and in walks drag sensation John Sizzle, dressed as a hair-raisingly accurate Diana, Princess of Wales. She saunters demurely to a halo, fashioned from tinsel and coat hangers and stuck to the wall, stands under it, and starts lip-syncing to Beyoncé’s Halo. The crowd erupts. Just a regular Tuesday night at the Glory, the Haggerston pub that had a decade of debauchery from 2014 to 2024. I worked at a nightlife magazine at the time and was there for most of it. I loved the fact that it offered an alternative to the ripple-muscled mainstream of London gay clubbing. Nothing wrong with rippled muscles of course, but sometimes you just want something a bit more inventive – like the saucy Spanish-inspired night “Gayzpacho” (underwear-wrestling in a passata-filled paddling pool, anyone?). I was there when they randomly decided to paper the pub’s entire exterior in gold foil. I was there for …