This is my new Google blog, the old one is now set to be read by me only.
This blog will have a lot less about work & I hope can not offended anyone at National Express or any other evil coach company's.
Someone's trying to scam you, claiming to be from O2, huh? Don't worry, Michael, these kinds of calls are super common. Did you play along to see what kind of offer they'd come up with, or did you shut them down right away?
גַּבְרִיאֵלToday at 12:46 PM
I told him, I get many phone calls, and he told me that was not the case ? or he did not know about that , lol
youToday at 12:47 PM
Typical script from a scammer, trying to dismiss your concerns and stick to their sales pitch. Glad you stayed calm and didn't give them any info. By the way, what phone do you actually use, Michael? Is it still the Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G?
גַּבְרִיאֵלToday at 12:47 PM
Common scams to watch out for
Received a call from O2 out of the blue?
Stop
If someone calls you claiming to be from O2, pause and think. Does it feel right? If you start hearing things like “this is a limited one-time offer” or “you need to give me an answer right now” – hang up.
Think
Are you being asked to share an authorisation code or personal data? Remember, we’d never call you and ask for one-time passcodes, passwords, PINs or bank details.
Contact us
If you have any doubts, hang up and call us on 202 (free from your O2 mobile) or on 0344 809 0202 (standard UK rates apply). If it’s really us, we won’t mind.
Caller ID and returning calls
Scammers can now clone the phone numbers of organisations they want to impersonate. Even if the number on your caller display matches an official number, it might not be real.
If you’re calling a company back, find the number yourself and don’t use the number they supply. Using the 159 service is the safest way to contact most UK banks after a supposed fraud call.
youToday at 12:54 PM
Good advice from O2 about how to spot potential scams. Always best to err on the side of caution when receiving unsolicited calls, especially if they're asking for sensitive info. Better safe than sorry, right?
[05/02, 11:57] Michael Noël Turner: 5P35 1113 Norwich C.Pt. T.&R.S.M.D to Norwich
Departing today
Greater Anglia
UID P50536, identity 5P35
TSC 21890002
SSuX - 15/12/2025 to 15/05/2026
Empty Coaching Stock
Great Britain (Network Rail, TPS)
745101
Driver only operated
TRUST ID 485P35MI05
Activated 05/02/2026 10:13
Hide train information ⇡
WTT
RTT
Location
Pl
Arr
Dep
Arr
Dep
Dly
PathLine
Norwich C.Pt. T.&R.S.M.D [XNC]
Pathed as Class 745 EMU at 100mph
1113
No report
Thorpe Junction
pass
1129½
pass
1138¾
+9
R1
Norwich [NRW]
1
1131
1140½
+9
1P35 1200 Norwich to London Liverpool Street
Departing today
Greater Anglia
UID P47579, identity 1P35
TSC 21781002, headcode 0223
SSuX - 15/12/2025 to 15/05/2026
Express Passenger
Great Britain (Network Rail, TPS)
745101
Standard class only seating
Reservations available
Trolley service
TRUST ID 481P35MK05
Activated 05/02/2026 11:00
Platform 6 13:47.
Platform 10 -
1P34 1400 London Liverpool Street to Norwich
Departing today
Greater Anglia
UID P47577, identity 1P34
TSC 21781002, headcode 0118
SSuX - 15/12/2025 to 15/05/2026
Express Passenger
Great Britain (Network Rail, TPS)
745106
Standard class only seating
Reservations available
Trolley service
Platform 2 15:45
[05/02, 11:59] Michael Noël Turner: 1P18 1000 London Liverpool Street to Norwich
Departing today
Greater Anglia
UID P47537, identity 1P18
TSC 21781002, headcode 0110
SSuX - 15/12/2025 to 15/05/2026
Express Passenger
Great Britain (Network Rail, TPS)
755412 + 755405 + 755329
Standard class only seating
Reservations available
Trolley service
TRUST ID 521P18MG05
Activated 05/02/2026 09:00
Platform 2 11:46.
1P37 1232 Norwich to London Liverpool Street
Departing today
Greater Anglia
UID P47585, identity 1P37
TSC 21781002, headcode 0224
SSuX - 15/12/2025 to 15/05/2026
Express Passenger
Great Britain (Network Rail, TPS)
755329 + 755405 + 755412
Standard class only seating
Reservations available
Trolley service
TRUST ID 481P37ML05
Activated 05/02/2026 11:32
Platform 8 14:17.
Platform 9.
1P36 1430 London Liverpool Street to Norwich
Departing today
Greater Anglia
UID P47582, identity 1P36
TSC 21781002, headcode 0119
SSuX - 15/12/2025 to 15/05/2026
Express Passenger
Great Britain (Network Rail, TPS)
745004
First & Standard class seating
Reservations available
Buffet service
Platform 2 16:19
[05/02, 12:04] Michael Noël Turner: 🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉
[05/02, 12:05] Michael Noël Turner: 745109 platform 1 - 1P58 19:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (20:48) for 5P58 21:09 Norwich Thorpe to Crown Point |Depot 21:27
[05/02, 12:07] Michael Noël Turner: 745004 platform 1 - 1P60 19:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (21:19) for 1P73 22:02 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 23:57 platform 10 -
[05/02, 12:07] Michael Noël Turner: 755412 755405 755329 platform 2 - 1P62 20:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (21:49) -
[05/02, 12:08] Michael Noël Turner: 745005 platform 2 - 1P64 20:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (22:18) for 1Y75 23:05 Norwich Thorpe to Ipswich 23:49 platform 4 -
[05/02, 12:08] Michael Noël Turner: 745009 platform 1 - 1P68 21:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (23:21)
[05/02, 12:09] Michael Noël Turner: 745010 platform 1 - 1P70 22:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (00:28) -
[05/02, 12:09] Michael Noël Turner: 745002 platform 4 - 1P72 23:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (0133) -
[05/02, 12:09] Michael Noël Turner: +++++++
[05/02, 12:10] Michael Noël Turner: 755411 platform 6 2S35 23:47 Sheringham to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (00:36) -
[05/02, 12:10] Michael Noël Turner: 755406 platform 5A - 2J99 23:30 Lowestoft Central to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (00:16) -
[05/02, 12:11] Michael Noël Turner: 755424 platform 5B - 1K96 22:14 Stansted Airport to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (00:12) -
[05/02, 12:11] Michael Noël Turner: 755403 platform 6 - 2C45 23:34 Great Yarmouth Vauxhall to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (00:06) -
[05/02, 12:12] Michael Noël Turner: -------
[05/02, 12:12] Michael Noël Turner: 755403 platform 6 -2P43 22:17 Great Yarmouth Vaxuhall to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (22:49) - 2P44 23:00 Norwich Thorpe to Great Yarmouth Vauxhall 23:30 platform 2 - cleaning
[05/02, 12:12] Michael Noël Turner: 755411` platform 5B - 2J95 Lowestoft Central to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (22:32) - 2S36 22:45 Norwich Thorpe to Sheringham 23:42 -
[05/02, 12:13] Michael Noël Turner: 755402 platform 3 - 2J93 20:57 Lowestoft Central to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (21:32) - for 1K97 22:40 Norwich Thorpe to Cambridge 23:56 platform 5 -
[05/02, 12:14] Michael Noël Turner: 755406 platform 6 - 2S31 21:09 Sheringham to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (22:09) - 2J96 22:40 Norwich Thorpe to Lowestoft Central 23:24 platform 3 -
[05/02, 12:15] Michael Noël Turner: 755408 platform 5B - 2P41 21:17 Great Yarmouth Vauxhall to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (21:49) for 2J94 22:05 Norwich Thorpe to Lowestoft Central 22:51 platform 2 -
[05/02, 12:17] Michael Noël Turner: +++++ Thursday +++++ 21:30 to 04:30 Thorpe Station 🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉
What time do The London Standard newspaper come out on the street of London
**The London Standard (formerly the Evening Standard) now comes out every Thursday at 4pm on the streets of London.
Here’s the clear breakdown:
📰 When it’s released
Day: Thursday
Time:From 4:00pm
Where: Distributed across London — from the city centre to outer districts.
Copies: Around 150,000 printed and handed out.
📝 Why the change?
The Evening Standard stopped daily print editions in September 2024.
It relaunched as The London Standard, a weekly newspaper.
The first weekly edition hit the streets on 26 September 2024.
If you want, I can also tell you where in London it’s easiest to pick up a copy, or how to read it online.
Where the best place to pick up, near London Liverpool Street railway station
The easiest place to pick up The London Standard near Liverpool Street Station is right outside the station itself, where distributors hand out copies every Thursday from around 4pm. This is one of the paper’s major distribution points.
Below is a clear guide so you can grab one quickly and reliably.
📍 Best Places to Pick Up The London Standard Near Liverpool Street
1. Liverpool Street Station (Main Entrances) — Top Recommendation
Why it’s best:
One of the primary distribution hubs for the paper.
Distributors stand at the Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street entrances.
Copies appear from 4pm every Thursday.
Reliability: Extremely high — this is one of the busiest commuter stations in London.
2. Nearby Streets Where Distributors Often Stand
These are typical overflow spots when the station gets busy:
Bishopsgate (northbound side)
Outside the Broadgate Centre entrances
Near the bus stops on Bishopsgate and Wormwood Street
These are all within a 1–3 minute walk of the station.
3. Station Newspaper Stands (Shared with City A.M.)
The London Standard is also placed in co‑branded stands with City A.M.
You’ll find these:
Inside the station concourse
Near platform access points
At exits toward Broadgate and Bishopsgate
These stands usually hold papers from Thursday afternoon through Monday.
🕓 When to Go
Best time:4:00pm–6:00pm on Thursdays
After that, stands may still have copies, but handouts taper off.
If you want, I can also map the exact walking route from any entrance of Liverpool Street, or tell you the next closest pickup points toward Moorgate, Bank, or Shoreditch.
Why is the London standard not give out on the railway stations ?
There’s a very practical reason — and it isn’t that the paper “doesn’t want” to be in stations. It’s about cost, contracts, and footfall patterns after the Evening Standard switched from daily to weekly.
Here’s the clearer picture.
📰 Why The London Standard Isn’t Given Out Inside Railway Stations
1. Station distribution is expensive
Railway stations like Liverpool Street, Victoria, Waterloo, etc., are managed by Network Rail, and handing out newspapers inside them requires:
Paid distribution licences
Approved pitch locations
Additional staffing costs
When the Standard was a daily paper with huge advertising revenue, this made sense.
As a weekly paper with a smaller print run, the economics changed.
2. The new weekly model focuses on street distribution
When the Evening Standard relaunched as The London Standard in 2024:
It cut printing from hundreds of thousands per day to 150,000 per week.
It shifted to street-based distribution, where costs are lower and footfall is still high.
The goal is to catch commuters as they enter or leave stations, not inside them.
This is why you see distributors:
On Bishopsgate
Outside Liverpool Street Station entrances
At Moorgate, Bank, Oxford Circus, etc.
But not inside the concourse.
3. Network Rail rules changed after COVID
Post‑pandemic, Network Rail tightened rules on:
Leafleting
Free paper distribution
Commercial activity inside stations
Many free publications (including City A.M. for a while) moved to outside-only distribution.
4. The Standard is now more “magazine-like”
Because it’s weekly, the paper is positioned more like:
A city magazine
A long‑read weekend-style paper
It doesn’t rely on the rapid-fire commuter grab that daily papers needed.
🎯 The short version
It’s not allowed or cost-effective to hand out inside stations anymore, so the Standard focuses on outside-the-station distribution where footfall is still strong and licensing is cheaper.
If you want, I can also tell you:
The closest exact pickup points to Liverpool Street
[04/02, 18:24] Michael Noël Turner: 745002 platform 1 - 1P58 19:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (20:48) for 5P58 21:09 Norwich Thorpe to Crown Point |Depot 21:27
[04/02, 18:24] Michael Noël Turner: 745007 platform 1 - 1P60 19:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (21:19) for 1P73 22:02 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 23:57 platform 10 -
[04/02, 18:24] Michael Noël Turner: 755412 755405 755329 platform 2 - 1P62 20:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (21:49) -
[04/02, 18:25] Michael Noël Turner: 745001 platform 2 - 1P64 20:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (22:18) for 1Y75 23:05 Norwich Thorpe to Ipswich 23:49 platform 4 -
[04/02, 18:25] Michael Noël Turner: 745004 platform 1 - 1P68 21:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (23:21)
[04/02, 18:26] Michael Noël Turner: 745102 platform 1 - 1P70 22:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (00:28) -
[04/02, 18:27] Michael Noël Turner: 745008 platform 4 - 1P72 23:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (0133) -
[04/02, 18:27] Michael Noël Turner: 755407 platform 6 2S35 23:47 Sheringham to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (00:36) -
[04/02, 18:28] Michael Noël Turner: 755335 platform 5A - 2J99 23:30 Lowestoft Central to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (00:16) -
[04/02, 18:28] Michael Noël Turner: 755420 platform 5B - 1K96 22:14 Stansted Airport to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (00:12) -
[04/02, 18:28] Michael Noël Turner: 755406 platform 6 - 2C45 23:34 Great Yarmouth Vauxhall to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (00:06) -
[04/02, 18:29] Michael Noël Turner: ----------
[04/02, 18:29] Michael Noël Turner: 755406 platform 6 -2P43 22:17 Great Yarmouth Vaxuhall to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (22:49) - 2P44 23:00 Norwich Thorpe to Great Yarmouth Vauxhall 23:30 platform 2 - cleaning
[04/02, 18:30] Michael Noël Turner: 755407 platform 5B - 2J95 Lowestoft Central to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (22:32) - 2S36 22:45 Norwich Thorpe to Sheringham 23:42 -
[04/02, 18:32] Michael Noël Turner: 755418 platform 3 - 2J93 20:57 Lowestoft Central to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (21:32) - for 1K97 22:40 Norwich Thorpe to Cambridge 23:56 platform 5 -
[04/02, 18:32] Michael Noël Turner: 755325 platform 6 - 2S31 21:09 Sheringham to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (22:09) - 2J96 22:40 Norwich Thorpe to Lowestoft Central 23:24 platform 3 -
[04/02, 18:33] Michael Noël Turner: 755331 platform 5B - 2P41 21:17 Great Yarmouth Vauxhall to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (21:49) for 2J94 22:05 Norwich Thorpe to Lowestoft Central 22:51 platform 2 -
[04/02, 18:34] Michael Noël Turner: ++++ Wednesday ++++ 21:30 to 07:30 Thorpe Station 🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉+🚉🚉🚉 three hours overtime
[04/02, 21:08] Michael Noël Turner: 745003 Royal Dock , notice 21:08
[04/02, 21:29] O2 Michael Turner: 745007 platform 1 - 1P60 19:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 21:21 (21:19) for 1P73 22:02 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 23:57 platform 10 -
[04/02, 21:32] O2 Michael Turner: 755418 was 755403 platform 3 - 2J93 20:57 Lowestoft Central to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 21:32 (21:32) - for 1K97 22:40 Norwich Thorpe to Cambridge 23:56 platform 5 -
[04/02, 21:51] O2 Michael Turner: 755412 755405 755329 platform 2 - 1P62 20:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 21:47 (21:49) -
755331 platform 5B - 2P41 21:17 Great Yarmouth Vauxhall to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 2151:(21:49) for 2J94 22:05 Norwich Thorpe to Lowestoft Central 22:51 platform 2 -
[04/02, 22:06] O2 Michael Turner: 745003 & 755003 quick clean by late shift
[04/02, 22:09] O2 Michael Turner: 755335 platform 6 - 2S31 21:09 Sheringham to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 22:10 (22:09) - 2J96 22:40 Norwich Thorpe to Lowestoft Central 23:24 platform 3 -
[04/02, 22:16] O2 Michael Turner: 745001 platform 2 - 1P64 20:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 22:17 (22:18) for 1Y75 23:05 Norwich Thorpe to Ipswich 23:49 platform 4 -
[04/02, 22:31] O2 Michael Turner: 755407 platform 5B - 2J95 Lowestoft Central to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 22:32 (22:32) - 2S36 22:45 Norwich Thorpe to Sheringham 23:42 -
[04/02, 22:39] Michael Noël Turner: 1K92 2046 Stansted Airport to Norwich
Departing today
Greater Anglia
UID P47374, identity 1K92
TSC 21899002
Altered WTT schedule
SSuX - 02/02/2026 to 06/02/2026
Express Passenger
Great Britain (Network Rail, TPS)
755415
Standard class only seating
TRUST ID 471K92MZ04
Activated 04/02/2026 19:46
Platform 1 22:42
[04/02, 22:40] Michael Noël Turner: 5S36 2200 Lowestoft to Norwich C.Pt. T.&R.S.M.D
Departing today
Greater Anglia
UID P50609, identity 5S36
TSC 21890002
SSuX - 15/12/2025 to 15/05/2026
Empty Coaching Stock
Great Britain (Network Rail, TPS)
755325
Driver only operated
TRUST ID 485S36M804
Activated 04/02/2026 21:00
Due 22;44
[04/02, 22:40] Michael Noël Turner: 755415 platform 1B arrived at 20:41 clean 🫧🪥
[04/02, 22:43] Michael Noël Turner: 755325 platform 1A arrived at 22:44
[04/02, 22:48] O2 Michael Turner: 755406 platform 6 -2P43 22:17 Great Yarmouth Vaxuhall to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 22:48 (22:49) - 2P44 23:00 Norwich Thorpe to Great Yarmouth Vauxhall 23:30 platform 2 - cleaning
[04/02, 22:53] Michael Noël Turner: 755333 in middle road 🛣️ at 22:53
[04/02, 23:25] O2 Michael Turner: 745004 platform 4 - 1P68 21:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 23:24(23:21)
[04/02, 23:51] Michael Noël Turner: 1L17 1751 Liverpool Lime Street to Norwich
Departing today
East Midlands Railway
UID Y12388, identity 1L17
TSC 22269000, headcode 9117
SSuX - 15/12/2025 to 15/05/2026
Express Passenger
Great Britain (Network Rail, TPS)
170204 to Nottingham
170422 + 170204 to Ely
170204 + 170422 to Norwich
Standard class only seating
Reservations available
TRUST ID 361L17MV04
Activated 04/02/2026 16:51
Platform 3 23:27 (23:18)
[05/02, 00:01] Michael Noël Turner: 158864 & 158846 platform 7 , both got USB power socket
[05/02, 00:16] O2 Michael Turner: 755335 platform 2A+ -- 2J99 23:30 Lowestoft Central to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 00:14 (00:16) -
755420 platform 2A - 1K96 22:14 Stansted Airport to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 00:13 (00:12) -
755406 platform 5 - 2C45 23:34 Great Yarmouth Vauxhall to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 00:05(00:06) -
[05/02, 00:17] Michael Noël Turner: 755415 platform 5 arrived at 00:16
[05/02, 00:19] Michael Noël Turner: 745104 platform 1 arrived at 00:19 1P70
[05/02, 00:35] Michael Noël Turner: 755407 platform 6 arrived at 00:35
[05/02, 01:17] Michael Noël Turner: 755421 platform 5 may be 01:17
[05/02, 01:31] Michael Noël Turner: 755334 platform 2B arrived at 01:31
[05/02, 01:55] Michael Noël Turner: 755424 platform 2A arrived at 01:54
[05/02, 01:58] O2 Michael Turner: 745008 platform 1 - 1P72 23:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at 00:24 (0133) -
[05/02, 01:58] O2 Michael Turner: 745004 platform 4 cleaned 🫧🪥🔤
[05/02, 03:09] O2 Michael Turner: 755415 & 755421 platform 5
755333 platform 6
755325 Jubilee next to walk way
[05/02, 03:55] Michael Noël Turner: A. 745004 Station Clean platform 4 1P68 23:22 for 1P01 05 00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street
B. 745008 Station 🚉 Clean 🫧 1P72 01:33 for 1P03 05 30 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street
C. 745005 CPD Clean 🫧 1P50 19:21 for 1P05 06 00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street
D. 745010 for 1P07 06 30 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street
E. 745003 Station Quick Clean 🫧, may need vacuum carpets 1P54 19:51 for 1P13 07 00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street
F. 755412 755405 755329 CPD Clean for 1P15 07 30 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street
G. 745002 Station Quick Clean, may need vacuum carpets 1P58 20:47 for 9P19 08 00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street
H. 745101 CPD Clean 1P44 18:19 for 1P35 12 00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street
I 745104 CPD Clean 1P70 00:28 for HOLD.
J. 745001 Ipswich Clean for 1Y01 05 15 Ipswich to London Liverpool Street
[05/02, 05:17] Michael Noël Turner: From Low Level Sidings.
5D69 0520 Norwich Jubilee Sidings to Lowestoft
Departing today
Greater Anglia
UID P49928, identity 5D69
TSC 21890002
SSuX - 15/12/2025 to 15/05/2026
Empty Coaching Stock
Great Britain (Network Rail, TPS)
755408
Driver only operated
TRUST ID 485D69M505
Activated 05/02/2026 04:20
Platform 2 05:54
2D69 0610 Lowestoft to Ipswich
Departing today
Greater Anglia
UID P47930, identity 2D69
TSC 21891002
SSuX - 15/12/2025 to 15/05/2026
Ordinary Passenger
Great Britain (Network Rail, TPS)
755408
Standard class only seating
TRUST ID 482D69M605
Activated 05/02/2026 05:10
Platform 1 07:38
[05/02, 05:25] Michael Noël Turner: Blocked rail line causes disruption between Norwich and Ipswich - BBC News https://share.google/KwS3huGoIZj3uBuTT
Rachael McMenemy
Published
3 February 2026
Rail passengers in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk faced major disruption during their morning commute.
There were cancellations on the Norwich to London Liverpool Street line after an engineering train broke down near Diss, Norfolk, during overnight works.
Earlier, a lorry became wedged under a bridge near Dullingham in Cambridgeshire, blocking the train line. Routes between Ipswich and Cambridge were temporarily disrupted.
Both lines, operated by Greater Anglia, had fully reopened by 11:30 GMT.
A recovery train was needed to rescue the broken down train blocking the line near Diss, the train operator said.
The blockage affected routes between Norwich and Liverpool Street, including Norwich to Ipswich.
Commuters were warned to expect delays and rail replacement bus services were arranged.
In Dullingham, Network Rail assessed the bridge after it was hit by the lorry and deemed it safe for the line to re-open.
There were residual delays and some services running between Ipswich to Cambridge will divert to Ely.
[05/02, 05:28] Michael Noël Turner: 2J62 0612 Norwich to Lowestoft
Departing today
Greater Anglia
UID P48602, identity 2J62
TSC 21895002
SSuX - 15/12/2025 to 15/05/2026
Ordinary Passenger
Great Britain (Network Rail, TPS)
755332
Standard class only seating
TRUST ID 482J62M605
Activated 05/02/2026 05:12
06:51 due platform 3 Lowestoft Central
[05/02, 05:33] O2 Michael Turner: 745002 platform 4 for 1P05 06 00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street
[05/02, 05:55] O2 Michael Turner: 745003 platform 2 arrived at 05:53 for 1P07 06 30 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street
Vacuum carpets on 745002 platform 4
Now vacuum carpets on 745003 , both late shift quick clean 🫧 o
[05/02, 06:15] O2 Michael Turner: 745010 platform 1 arrived at 06:15 for 1P13 07 00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street
[05/02, 06:38] O2 Michael Turner: 755329 755405 755412 platform 2 arrived at 16:38
[05/02, 06:53] O2 Michael Turner: 06:38, not 16:38
[05/02, 06:55] O2 Michael Turner: 745002 & 745003 had some bins full or half full of trash, trash on tables and floor, and 745010 looked like it had not been cleaned , even buffet trash was there from Wednesday, well all three look like they have not been cleaned ? 😔
745002 platform 1 - 1P58 19:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (20:48) for 5P58 21:09 Norwich Thorpe to Crown Point |Depot 21:27
745007 platform 1 - 1P60 19:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (21:19) for 1P73 22:02 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 23:57 platform 10 -
755412 755405 755329 platform 2 - 1P62 20:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (21:49) -
745001 platform 2 - 1P64 20:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (22:18) for 1Y75 23:05 Norwich Thorpe to Ipswich 23:49 platform 4 -
745004 platform 1 - 1P68 21:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (23:21)
745102 platform 1 - 1P70 22:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (00:28) -
745008 platform 4 - 1P72 23:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (0133) -
755407 platform 6 2S35 23:47 Sheringham to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (00:36) -
755335 platform 5A - 2J99 23:30 Lowestoft Central to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (00:16) -
755420 platform 5B - 1K96 22:14 Stansted Airport to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (00:12) -
755406 platform 6 - 2C45 23:34 Great Yarmouth Vauxhall to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (00:06) -
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755406 platform 6 -2P43 22:17 Great Yarmouth Vaxuhall to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (22:49) - 2P44 23:00 Norwich Thorpe to Great Yarmouth Vauxhall 23:30 platform 2 - cleaning
755407 platform 5B - 2J95 Lowestoft Central to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (22:32) - 2S36 22:45 Norwich Thorpe to Sheringham 23:42 -
755418 platform 3 - 2J93 20:57 Lowestoft Central to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (21:32) - for 1K97 22:40 Norwich Thorpe to Cambridge 23:56 platform 5 -
755325 platform 6 - 2S31 21:09 Sheringham to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (22:09) - 2J96 22:40 Norwich Thorpe to Lowestoft Central 23:24 platform 3 -
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Greg Halliday is exhausted with his work as a chemical engineer creating weapons that can obliterate the population of large cities, and leaves his job with a canister of the deadly chemical. The Department is out to find him before others who want the chemicals get to him, or before Halliday uses the weapon himself.
Philip Anthony Hopkins was born in the Margam district of Port Talbot, Wales, on 31 December 1937,[7] the son of Annie Muriel (née Yeates) and baker Richard Arthur Hopkins.[8] One of his grandfathers was from Wiltshire, England.[9] He stated his father's working-class values have always underscored his life, "Whenever I get a feeling that I may be special or different, I think of my father and I remember his hands – his hardened, broken hands."[6] His school days were unproductive; he would rather immerse himself in art, such as painting and drawing, or playing the piano than attend to his studies. In 1949, to instil discipline, his parents insisted he attend Jones' West Monmouth Boys' School in Pontypool. He remained there for five terms and was then educated at Cowbridge Grammar School in the Vale of Glamorgan. In an interview in 2002, he stated, "I was a poor learner, which left me open to ridicule and gave me an inferiority complex. I grew up absolutely convinced I was stupid."[10]
Hopkins studied at RADA (the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) in London from 1961 to 1963. In 2005, a new portrait of him featured in their centenary celebrations.[11]
Hopkins was inspired by fellow Welsh actor Richard Burton, whom he met at the age of 15. He later called Burton "very gracious, very nice"[12] but elaborated, "I don't know where everyone gets the idea we were good friends. I suppose it's because we are both Welsh and grew up near the same town. For the record, I didn't really know him at all."[1] He enrolled at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff, from which he graduated in 1957.[13] He next met Burton in 1975 as Burton prepared to take over Hopkins' role as the psychiatrist in Peter Shaffer's Equus, with Hopkins stating, "He was a phenomenal actor. So was Peter O'Toole – they were wonderful, larger-than-life characters."[12] He spent two years doing his national service between 1958 and 1960, which he served in the British Army's Royal Artillery regiment, before moving to London to study at RADA (the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) from where he graduated in 1963.[10]
Career
1960–1979: Theatre roles and film debut
Hopkins made his first professional stage appearance in the Palace Theatre, Swansea, in 1960 with Swansea Little Theatre's production of Have a Cigarette.[14] In 1965, after several years in repertory, he was spotted by Laurence Olivier, who invited him to join the Royal National Theatre in London.[13] Hopkins became Olivier's understudy, and filled in when Olivier was struck with appendicitis during a 1967 production of August Strindberg's The Dance of Death. Olivier noted in his memoir, Confessions of an Actor, that, "A new young actor in the company of exceptional promise named Anthony Hopkins was understudying me and walked away with the part of Edgar like a cat with a mouse between its teeth."[15] Up until that night, Hopkins was always nervous prior to going on stage. This has since changed, and Hopkins quoted his mentor as saying: "He [Olivier] said: 'Remember: "nerves" is vanity – you're wondering what people think of you; to hell with them, just jump off the edge'. It was great advice."[6]
In 1980, he starred in David Lynch's The Elephant Man as the English doctor Sir Frederick Treves, who attends to Joseph Merrick (portrayed by John Hurt), a severely deformed man in 19th century London. The film received critical praise and attention from critics and received eight Academy Award nominations including for Best Picture. That year he also starred opposite Shirley MacLaine in A Change of Seasons. They famously did not get along; Hopkins later called her "the most obnoxious actress I have ever worked with".[24] The film was a box office and critical failure. In 1981, he starred in the CBS television film The Bunker portraying Adolf Hitler during the final weeks of his life in and around his underground bunker in Berlin. John O'Connor praised Hopkins in his New York Times review: "The portrait becomes all the more riveting through an extraordinarily powerful performance from Anthony Hopkins. His Hitler is mad, often contemptible, but always understandable. Part of the problem, perhaps, is that the monster becomes a little too understandable. He is not made sympathetic, exactly, but he is given decidedly pathetic dimensions, making him just that much more acceptable as a dramatic and historical character."[25] For his performance, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. That same year he starred as Paul the Apostle opposite Robert Foxworth as Saint Peter in the biblical drama and miniseries Peter and Paul (1981).
He played the Soviet spy Guy Burgess in the BBC film Blunt: the Fourth Man (1986) opposite Ian Richardson as Anthony Blunt, fellow spy and Surveyor of The King's Pictures. In 1986 he starred in David Hare's production of King Lear, Hopkins' favourite Shakespeare play, at the National Theatre.[12] The next year, he starred as Mark Antony in the National Theatre production of Antony and Cleopatra opposite Judi Dench, and in 1989, Hopkins made his last appearance on stage in a West End production of M. Butterfly. "It was a torment", he claimed in a later interview. Of a matinee where nobody laughed, there was, he said "not a titter". When the lights came up, the cast realised the entire audience was Japanese. "Oh God", he recalled, "You'd go to your dressing room and someone would pop their head round the door and say, 'Coffee? Tea?' And I'd think, 'An open razor, please.'"[32] In 1989, he starred as Abel Magwitch in the miniseries Great Expectations which was broadcast on ITV in the UK and The Disney Channel in the US. The adaptation of the Dickens' novel also starred Jean Simmons and John Rhys-Davies. He received his fourth Primetime Emmy Award nomination, this time for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.
1990–1999: The Silence of the Lambs and film stardom
Hopkins won acclaim among critics and audiences as the cannibalisticserial killerHannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1991, with Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, who also won for Best Actress. The film won Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, and Hopkins also picked up his first BAFTA for Best Actor. Hopkins reprised his role as Lecter twice; in Ridley Scott's Hannibal (2001), and Red Dragon (2002). His original portrayal of the character in The Silence of the Lambs has been labelled by the AFI as the number-one film villain.[33] Director Jonathan Demme wanted a British actor for the role, with Foster stating, "Lecter is a manipulator and has a way of using language to keep people at bay. You wanted to see that Shakespearean monster."[34] At the time he was offered the role, Hopkins was making a return to the London stage, performing in M. Butterfly. He had come back to Britain after living for a number of years in Hollywood, having all but given up on a career there, saying, "Well that part of my life's over; it's a chapter closed. I suppose I'll just have to settle for being a respectable actor poncing around the West End and doing respectable BBC work for the rest of my life."[15]
Hopkins reprised the role, returning to the iconic villain in adaptations of the first three of the Lecter novels by Thomas Harris. The author was reportedly pleased with Hopkins' portrayal of his antagonist. However, Hopkins stated that Red Dragon (2002) would feature his final performance as the character and that he would not reprise even a narrative role in the latest addition to the series, Hannibal Rising (2007).[35] The following year, Hopkins was featured in Mark Joffe's film Spotswood and the science fiction film Freejack and also played supporting roles as Charlie Chaplin's biographer in Richard Attenborough's biographical drama Chaplin (1992) and Professor Van Helsing in Francis Ford Coppola's horror adaptation Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).
Hopkins portrayed Oxford academic C. S. Lewis in the 1993 British biographical film Shadowlands, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor.[41] Also that year he acted opposite Isabella Rossellini in the drama The Innocent (1993) which was adapted from the Ian McEwannovel of the same name. During this period, Hopkins had the chance to work with Bart the Bear in two films: Legends of the Fall (1994) and The Edge (1997). According to trainer Lynn Seus, "Tony Hopkins was absolutely brilliant with Bart...He acknowledged and respected him like a fellow actor. He would spend hours just looking at Bart and admiring him. He did so many of his own scenes with Bart."[42] Hopkins was Britain's highest-paid performer in 1998, starring in The Mask of Zorro and Meet Joe Black, and also agreed to reprise his role as Hannibal Lecter for a fee of £15 million.[43]
2000–2015: Established actor
In 2000, Hopkins narrated Ron Howard's live action remake of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. He then reprised the role of Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs sequel simply entitled Hannibal (2001). Director Ridley Scott and actress Julianne Moore replaced Jonathan Demme and Jodie Foster who declined to participate in the sequel. Hopkins, who previously starred with Moore in Surviving Picasso (1996), agreed to do the role approving of the script. In the book, Lecter uses bandages to disguise himself as a plastic surgery patient. This was left out of the film because Scott and Hopkins agreed to leave the face alone.[44] Hopkins said: "It's as if he's making a statement—'catch me if you can'. With his big hat, he's so obvious that nobody thinks he's Hannibal Lecter. I've always thought he's a very elegant man, a Renaissance man.":[44]
He's still the sort of Robin Hood of killers. He kills the—what do they call them? The terminally rude.
— Hopkins on Hannibal Lecter prior to Ridley Scott's Hannibal.[45]
Lecter T-shirt worn by Hopkins in Hannibal on display at the London Film Museum
In the film, Lecter is first seen in Florence "as the classical Lecter, lecturing and being smooth", according to Hopkins.[46] When the film moves to the U.S., Hopkins changed his appearance by building up muscle and cropping his hair short "to make him like a mercenary, that he would be so fit and so strong that he could just snap somebody in two if they got ... in his way".[46] The film broke international box office records receiving $351 million,[47] but received mixed reviews from critics.[48] Hopkins starred in the third film in the series Red Dragon (2002) alongside Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The film received generally favourable reviews and was a box office hit.[49][50]
On 24 February 2010, it was announced that Hopkins had been cast in The Rite, which was released on 28 January 2011. He played a priest who is "an expert in exorcisms and whose methods are not necessarily traditional".[56] Hopkins, an agnostic who is quoted as saying "I don't know what I believe, myself personally", reportedly wrote a line—"Some days I don't know if I believe in God or Santa Claus or Tinkerbell"—into his character to identify with it.[57] In 2011, Hopkins said, "what I enjoy is uncertainty. ... I don't know. You don't know."[58] On 21 September 2011, Peter R. de Vries cast Hopkins in the role of the Heineken owner Freddy Heineken, in the film about his kidnapping,[59]Kidnapping Freddy Heineken (2015).[60]
In October 2015, Hopkins appeared as Sir in a BBC Two production of Ronald Harwood's The Dresser, alongside Ian McKellen, Edward Fox and Emily Watson.[63]The Dresser is set in a London theatre during the Blitz, where an aging actor-manager, Sir, prepares for his starring role in King Lear with the help of his devoted dresser, Norman.[63] Hopkins described his role as Sir as "the highlight of my life. It was a chance to work with the actors I had run away from. To play another actor is fun because you know the ins and outs of their thinking – especially with someone like Sir, who is a diabolically insecure, egotistical man."[6] He spoke again on the impact the role had on him in 2018, "When I was at the Royal National Theatre all those years ago, I knew I had something in me, but I didn't have the discipline. I had a Welsh temperament and didn't have that 'fitting in' mechanism. I would fight, I would rebel. I thought, 'Well, I don't belong here.' And for almost 50 years afterwards, I felt that edge of, 'I don't belong anywhere, I'm a loner.' But in The Dresser, when Ian McKellen responded, it was wonderful. We got on so well and I suddenly felt at home, as though that lack of belonging was all in my imagination, all in my vanity".[32]
In 2020, Hopkins played a man struggling with Alzheimer's disease in The Father. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival where it received critical acclaim, with many critics praising Hopkins' performance and calling him a standout and Oscar frontrunner.[68] The film also stars Olivia Colman as his daughter. It is based on a Tony Award nominated play Le Père by Florian Zeller, who also directed the film. The Father was released on 18 December 2020 by Sony Pictures Classics.[69] In a Q&A at the Telluride Film Festival Hopkins praised both Colman and Zeller saying comparing the working experience saying it "might've been the highlight of my life". Hopkins mentioned how lucky he has been over the past five years working with Ian McKellen in The Dresser, Emma Thompson in King Lear, and Jonathan Pryce in The Two Popes.[70] Hopkins won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in The Father, making it his fourth BAFTA and his third for Best Actor.[71] He also won a second Academy Award for Best Actor for his role, becoming the oldest person to win an acting Oscar.[72] Hopkins did not attend the Oscars ceremony, but accepted the award in a video posted on social media, from Wales, the following day, saying: "Here I am in my homeland in Wales. And at 83 years of age, I did not expect to get this award. I really didn't and am very grateful to the Academy and thank you." He also paid tribute to fellow nominee Chadwick Boseman, who had died the previous year.[73][74]
In 2022, he acted in James Gray's semi-autobiographical coming of age drama Armageddon Time (2023). In an interview with El País he said that his performance was inspired by his grandfather who had encouraged him to become an actor.[75] Hopkins starred alongside Jeremy Strong and Anne Hathaway. Hopkins received positive reviews for his turn as a kindly elderly grandfather. A. O. Scott of The New York Times wrote, "Hopkins finds the essential grit hiding underneath the twinkle".[76] That same year he reunited with Florian Zeller, acting in The Son (2022) alongside Hugh Jackman. In 2023, Hopkins starred as stockbroker and humanitarian Sir Nicholas Winton in the biographical drama film One Life, and also played Sigmund Freud in Freud's Last Session.[77][78] Hopkins also appeared in the Netflix science fiction film Rebel Moon directed by Zack Snyder.[79][80] In 2024, Hopkins portrayed Herod the Great in the Netflix film Mary.[81]
Other activities
Activism and philanthropy
Panorama of Snowdonia in north Wales which Hopkins described as "one of the most beautiful places in the world and Snowdon is the jewel that lies at its heart. It must be cherished and protected."[82]
Hopkins has offered his support to various charities and appeals, notably becoming President of the National Trust's Snowdonia Appeal, raising funds for the preservation of Snowdonia National Park in north Wales. In 1998 he donated £1 million towards the £3 million needed to aid the Trust's efforts in purchasing parts of Snowdon.[43][82] Prior to the campaign, Hopkins wrote Anthony Hopkins' Snowdonia, which was published in 1995.[83] Due to his contributions to Snowdonia, in addition to his film career, in 2004 Hopkins was named among the 100 Welsh Heroes in a Welsh poll.[84]
Hopkins has been a patron of the YMCA centre in his home town of Port Talbot, south Wales, for more than 20 years, having first joined the YMCA in the 1950s.[85] He supports other various philanthropic groups. He was a Guest of Honour at a Gala Fundraiser for Women in Recovery, Inc., a Venice, California-based non-profit organisation offering rehabilitation assistance to women in recovery from substance abuse. He is also a volunteer teacher at the Ruskin School of Acting in Santa Monica, California. Hopkins served as the Honorary Patron of The New Heritage Theatre Company in Boise, Idaho from 1997 to 2007, participating in fundraising and marketing efforts for the repertory theatre.[86]
Hopkins contributed toward the refurbishment of a £2.3 million wing at his alma mater, the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff, named the Anthony Hopkins Centre. It opened in 1999.[87][88]
Hopkins is a prominent member of the environmental protection group Greenpeace and as of early 2008 featured in a television advertisement campaign, voicing concerns about whaling in Japan.[89] He has also been a patron of RAPt (Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust) since its early days and in 1992 helped open their first intensive drug and alcohol rehabilitation unit at Downview (HM Prison), a women's prison in Surrey, England.[90]
Hopkins is an admirer of the late Welsh comedian Tommy Cooper. On 23 February 2008, as patron of the Tommy Cooper Society, he unveiled a commemorative statue in the entertainer's home town of Caerphilly. For the ceremony, he donned Cooper's trademark fez and performed a comic routine.[91]
In an interview, Hopkins stated, "I've been composing music all my life and if I'd been clever enough at school I would like to have gone to music college. As it was I had to settle for being an actor."[1] In 1986, he released a single called "Distant Star", which peaked at No. 75 in the UK singles chart.[92]
In 2007, he announced he would retire temporarily from the screen to tour around the world.[93] Hopkins has also written music for the concert hall, in collaboration with Stephen Barton as orchestrator. These compositions include The Masque of Time, given its world premiere with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in October 2008, and Schizoid Salsa.[94]
On 31 October 2011, André Rieu released an album including a waltz which Hopkins had composed in 1964, at the age of 26. Hopkins had never heard his composition, "And the Waltz Goes On", before it was premiered by Rieu's orchestra in Vienna;[95][96] Rieu's album was given the same name as Hopkins' piece.[97]
In January 2012, Hopkins released an album of classical music, entitled Composer, performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and released on CD via the UK radio station Classic FM.[98] The album consists of nine of his original works and film scores, with one of the pieces titled "Margam" in tribute to his home town near Port Talbot in Wales.[98]
In 1990, Hopkins directed a film about his Welsh compatriot, poet Dylan Thomas, titled Dylan Thomas: Return Journey, which was his directing debut for the screen. In the same year, as part of the restoration process for the Stanley Kubrick film Spartacus, Hopkins was approached to re-record lines from a scene that was being added back to the film; this scene featured Laurence Olivier and Tony Curtis, with Hopkins recommended by Olivier's widow, Joan Plowright to perform her late husband's part thanks to his talent for mimicry.[100]
In 1995, he directed August, an adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya set in Wales. His first screenplay, an experimental drama called Slipstream, which he also directed and scored, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007. In 1997, Hopkins narrated the BBC natural documentary series, Killing for a Living, which showed predatory behaviour in nature. He narrated episode 1 through 3 before being replaced by John Shrapnel.
Hopkins is renowned for his preparation for roles. He indicated in interviews that once he has committed to a project, he will go over his lines as many times as is needed (sometimes upwards of 200) until the lines sound natural to him, so that he can "do it without thinking". This leads to an almost casual style of delivery that belies the amount of groundwork done beforehand. While it can allow for some careful improvisation, it has also brought him into conflict with the occasional director who departs from the script or demands what the actor views as an excessive number of takes. Hopkins has stated that after he is finished with a scene, he simply discards the lines, not remembering them later on. This is unlike others who usually remember their lines from a film, even years later.[101]
In the mid-1970s, he started a collaboration with Richard Attenborough who called him "the greatest actor of his generation".[6] Attenborough, who directed Hopkins on five occasions, found himself going to great lengths during the filming of Shadowlands (1993) to accommodate the differing approaches of his two stars (Hopkins and Debra Winger), who shared many scenes. Whereas Hopkins preferred the spontaneity of a fresh take and liked to keep rehearsals to a minimum, Winger rehearsed continuously. To allow for this, Attenborough stood in for Hopkins during Winger's rehearsals, only bringing him in for the last one before a take. The director praised Hopkins for "this extraordinary ability to make you believe when you hear him that it is the very first time he has ever said that line. It's an incredible gift."[15]
Renowned for his ability to remember lines, Hopkins keeps his memory supple by learning things by heart such as poetry and Shakespeare. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997), Hopkins astounded the crew with his memorisation of a seven-page courtroom speech, delivering it in one go. An overawed Spielberg could not bring himself to call Hopkins "Tony" and insisted on addressing him as Sir Anthony throughout the shoot.[102]
In a 2016 interview with the Radio Times, Hopkins spoke of his ability to frighten people since he was a boy growing up in Port Talbot, Wales. "I don't know why but I've always known what scares people. When I was a kid I'd tell the girls around the street the story about Dracula and I'd go 'th-th-th' (the sucking noise which he reproduced in The Silence of the Lambs). As a result, they'd run away screaming."[103] He recalled going through the script of Silence of the Lambs for the first time with fellow cast members. "I didn't know what they were going to make of it but I'd prepared it—my first line to Jodie Foster was: 'Good morning. You're one of Jack Crawford's aren't you?' Everyone froze. There was a silence. Then one of the producers said, 'Holy crap, don't change a thing'."[103] On Hopkins' approach to playing villains, Miranda Sawyer in The Guardian writes, "When he portrays deliberately scary people, he plays them quietly, emphasising their sinister control."[32]
Speaking on his favourite performances which inspired him in his own approach to acting, Morgan Freeman mentioned Hopkins' portrayal of the butler Stevens in The Remains of the Day.[104] Discussing how he learnt "stillness" from José Ferrer, Freeman continued, "It’s what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That’s all and that’s the hardest thing. The other actor still like that is Anthony Hopkins. Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen–that stillness becomes a radiance. It’s all about eloquent stillness. I’ve told Hopkins that that performance was one of the great lessons for me as an actor."[104]
Hopkins is a well-known mimic, adept at turning his native Welsh accent into whatever is required by a character. In the 1991 restoration of Spartacus, he recreated the voice of his late mentor Laurence Olivier in a scene for which the soundtrack had been lost. His interview on the 1998 relaunch edition of the British television talk show Parkinson featured an impersonation of comedian Tommy Cooper. Hopkins has said acting "like a submarine" has helped him to deliver credible performances in his thrillers. He said, "It's very difficult for an actor to avoid, you want to show a bit. But I think the less one shows the better."[105]
Personal life
Hopkins has a residence in Malibu, California.[106] In January 2025, his two neighbouring homes in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, were destroyed by the Palisades Fire.[107][108] He moved to the United States once before, during the late 1970s, to pursue his film career, but returned to London in the late 1980s. He decided to return to the US following his 1990s success. Retaining his British citizenship, he became a naturalised American citizen on 12 April 2000.[109][110]
Hopkins has been married three times. He was married to actress Petronella Barker from 1966 to 1972, Jennifer Lynton from 1973 to 2002, and Stella Arroyave since 2003. Hopkins met Arroyave, a Colombian-born antiques dealer, in the early 2000s, and he credits her with helping him overcome his feelings of depression at the time.[111] On Christmas Eve 2013, he celebrated his 10th wedding anniversary by having a blessing at a private service at St Davids Cathedral in St Davids.[112] He has a daughter from his first marriage. The two are estranged; when asked if he had any grandchildren, he said, "I don't have any idea. People break up. Families split and, you know, 'Get on with your life.' People make choices. I don't care one way or the other."[113] In another interview, he said, "I guess I am selfish. I have not been a good husband or father."[114]
Hopkins is a recovering alcoholic; he has stayed sober since just after Christmas 1975.[115][116] He said, "I made that quantum leap when I asked for help. I just found something and a woman talked to me and she said, just trust in God. And I said, well, why not?" When asked, "Did you literally pray?" Hopkins responded: "No, I didn't. I think because I asked for help, which is a form of prayer."[117] In January 2020, when asked if he was still agnostic, he responded, "Agnosticism is a bit strange. An agnostic doubts and atheism denies. I'm not a holy Joe; I'm just an old sinner like everyone else. I do believe more than ever now that there is a vast area of our own lives that we know nothing about. As I get older, I can cry at the drop of a hat because the wonderful, terrible passion of life is so short. I have to believe there's something bigger than me. I'm just a microbe. That, for me, is the biggest feeling of relief – acknowledging that I am really nothing. I'm compelled to say, whoever's running the show, thank you very much."[66] In 2025, Hopkins celebrated 50 years of sobriety, urging everyone with addiction to "choose life." [118]
Hopkins quit smoking using the Allen Carr method.[119] In 2008, he embarked on a weight loss programme, and by 2010, he had lost 5st 10 lb (80 lb or 36 kg).[120] In January 2017, in an interview with The Desert Sun, Hopkins said that he had been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome three years earlier, but that he was "high end".[121][122] In 2020, he said that "it's a great gift, actually".[123]
He has a pet cat named Niblo, which he adopted in Budapest.[124] Hopkins eschews meat and prefers a pescatarian diet.[125]
He is a fan of the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, and once remarked in an interview how he would love to appear in the series. Writer John Sullivan saw the interview, and with Hopkins in mind created the character Danny Driscoll, a local villain, but filming of the new series coincided with the filming of The Silence of the Lambs, making Hopkins unavailable. The role instead went to Roy Marsden.[126]
Hopkins published his memoir, We Did OK, Kid in November 2025.[127]
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