Owen was a beautiful man with a fire in his belly and his death diminishes us... I think of his superbly messy office, a reflection of his busy-ness and his suberb gift for conversational oratory, each word worth saying...

Goodness he could make you wait but I bet every one of us waited just the same. He was worth waiting for. So very smart, so brave, and bursting with belief in rational thought. That and Rugby Union! So many people miss him.

Owen was a diamond in his way, and the world a lesser place without him.