BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Welcome to Hal Auden Cumberbatch!

**Posted by ewige** March 26, 2017 9:21 am

The lil guy was born on March, 3
Congratulations to the happy parents!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/benedict-cumberbatch-dad-second-time-10100439

**Posted by Vhanja** March 26, 2017 9:45 am

How wonderful! Congrats to them! I hope Ben gets a breather and some time with his family.

**Posted by besleybean** March 26, 2017 9:53 am

Glad you linked to The Mirror at least and not The Daily Fail!
Nobody has commented on 'Auden', I'm assuming after the poet...I am delighted.
I was shocked that Benedict and Tom only met at War Horse...I assumed they'd been friends for yonks!
I selfishly hope they go for a trio...but wonder if they will stop at two,

**Posted by SusiGo** March 26, 2017 11:35 am

Such wonderful news! And hats off for keeping it at least out of the news for three weeks. Well-considered names and Hal and Kit sound great together.

**Posted by besleybean** March 26, 2017 12:01 pm

I bet those two get up to some mischief when they are older, at least if they are like their dad...apparently he was a nightmare!

**Posted by Ivy** March 26, 2017 1:19 pm

Oh wonderful (not the name, though , but that's their choice)

**Posted by besleybean** March 26, 2017 1:22 pm

I love the Auden bit.
I confess I prefer 'Harry' to 'Hal'.
But once again, a very traditional English name.

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** March 26, 2017 1:34 pm

Aw that's nice news, and it did bring a smile to my face that they had peace for the first 3 weeks at least. Well done.

I always liked Auden for some reason

**Posted by besleybean** March 26, 2017 1:35 pm

He's one of my favourite poets!

I've just realised Hal's initials could be an acronym for 'Hunter and Cumberbatch'!

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**Posted by Yitzock** March 26, 2017 1:47 pm

Auden made me think of the poet, also. "About suffering they were never wrong, / The old Masters..." I swear that poem and the painting it describes have been haunting me for a year. It just keeps coming up in things.

I am sure the acronym is a coincidence, but that's interesting.

**Posted by besleybean** March 26, 2017 1:54 pm

Oh me, too...I just thought it was funny!
I am not familiar with the painting...

**Posted by besleybean** March 26, 2017 3:31 pm

Well that was his hope, though he seems to be busier and busier...maybe he hopes to film more within the UK, at least.

**Posted by besleybean** March 26, 2017 3:44 pm

Perfectly possible: Christopher has been to New York!

**Posted by Yitzock** March 26, 2017 7:16 pm

Perhaps with two kids he won't be going as far away from his family has often. And if not, I hope that everyone in the family can still be happy.

besleybean wrote:
Oh me, too...I just thought it was funny!
I am not familiar with the painting...

Breugel's Icarus. I'm sure you've seen it before. It's shown in at least two films. Nobody else in the painting notices that Icarus has fallen. http://www.artchive.com/artchive/b/bruegel/icarus.jpg

**Posted by besleybean** March 26, 2017 7:19 pm

Oh yes, so I see!
I'm so shallow, I liked the 'Atlantis' version of the love story between Icarus and Pythagoras!

**Posted by nakahara** March 27, 2017 8:17 am

Beautiful news! Congratulations to the happy parents!

**Posted by SusiGo** March 27, 2017 6:47 pm

Here is a link to People magazine, confirming the news and also that Sophie has officially changed her name to Cumberbatch:

http://people.com/babies/benedict-cumberbatch-and-sophie-hunter-welcome-second-son/

**Posted by besleybean** March 27, 2017 6:51 pm

Wow, not very modern!

**Posted by SusiGo** March 28, 2017 6:41 am

I think everyone has to decide for themselves. I have a hyphenated surname, combining my birth name and my husband's name, which is quite common in Germany. Hunter-Cumberbatch would have been quite a monster of a name.

**Posted by besleybean** March 28, 2017 7:08 am

It would have been great.
I applaud your decision Susi, it happens here.
I took my husband's 'Smith', because I wanted us to be The Smiths!(Our fave band!).
Then again, I should point out that I didn't want to get married at all- that was his idea.