Students at the University of Liverpool where thrilled to receive a visit from Sir Ian McKellen last week.

The actor delivered a talk last Friday to more than 300 students on LGBT+ issues, discussing his experiences as a young gay man, and his decision to come out in 1988, aged 49, in protest at the proposed Section 28 clause that would prohibit the promotion of homosexuality.

While his talk was well-received, a number of students were perhaps even more excited when they spotted the star in the Sphinx, the Liverpool Guild of Student's bar, tucking into a baked potato.