Neil Kinnock on Alan Rickman, 'great company and a staunch comrade'
From Riverside Studios to Broadway, Glasgow Union theatre to Hollywood, Shakespeare to slapstick, Die Hard to Jane Austen and every conceivable point in between, Alan Rickman was a truly great performer.No one ever played tongue-in-cheek villains with greater tingling joy, lovers with deeper tenderness, heroes with bolder vivacity. Few could match his huge acting presence on stage or screen, and his abilities as a fi…