‘Upgrade your CBE? We can help you…’ | Letters
One reader has been offered help to upgrade his royal honour, while Dr Orest Mulka suggests a way of selling honours equitablyI was intrigued to read Stephen Bates’s piece about Arthur Maundy Gregory...
View ArticleCampaigner turned down MBE over ‘scapegoating’ of people with disabilities
Exclusive: In letter declining proposed award, Tressa Burke, CEO of Glasgow Disability Alliance, accused government of ‘fuelling hatred’The head of one of Scotland’s foremost disability rights...
View ArticlePsst: wanna buy a new year's honour? Once it was simple. And now? Well, don’t...
I’m fascinated by Maundy Gregory, who sold honours for Lloyd George. He wouldn’t be tolerated today, but don’t assume our system is flawlessAnd so the new year honours list is out. The people – some of...
View ArticleIdris Elba knighted in new year honours list also featuring Torvill and Dean
Meera Syal also made dame while England women’s football and rugby winners feature prominentlyThe actors Idris Elba and Meera Syal have been made a knight and a dame in the new year honours list, with...
View ArticleTwo of Keir Starmer’s closest allies named in new year honours list
MP Anneliese Dodds made a dame and former head of Labour Together thinktank Jonathan Ashworth a CBE Two of Keir Starmer’s closest allies have been named in the new year honours list.The former...
View ArticleMeera Syal, Gabby Logan and Richard Osman among new year honours in arts and...
Syal becomes a dame, Last of the Summer Wine writer Roy Clarke gets knighthood and Paul Elliott awarded MBEThe creator of some of British television’s most beloved sitcoms, a Match of the Day presenter...
View ArticleSainsbury’s CEO among business leaders recognised in new year honours
Simon Roberts, credited with helping to turn around grocer, made CBE along with former BAE Systems boss Ian KingThe boss of Sainsbury’s who helped turn around the grocer’s fortunes is among leading...
View ArticleSarina Wiegman an honorary dame as Lionesses and Red Roses get honours
Leah Williamson made an OBE; four Lionesses are MBEsTorvill and Dean now a dame and a knightSarina Wiegman has been awarded an honorary damehood after guiding England to back-to-back European titles,...
View ArticleBono, Anna Wintour and Jane Goodall receive Presidential Medals of Freedom
Joe Biden awards highest civilian honour to 19 people for ‘exemplary contributions to prosperity, values or security of the US’The U2 frontman Bono, the editor-in-chief of Vogue, Anna Wintour, and the...
View ArticleIf smart AI is so scary, why even develop it? | Brief letters
Fears for humanity | Man-made problems | King of the Baggies | Evaporated milk’s many uses | New year, new disappointmentProf Geoffrey Hinton claims “we’re going to develop AIs that are smarter than...
View ArticleLove Wales for its language as well as its landscape | Brief letters
Croeso i Gymru | Jelly whip | Finding the light | Sir Gareth’s waistcoat | David Beckham | Olympics more oftenA warm Welsh welcome should be deserving of reciprocation (A brimming biscuit tin and a...
View ArticleYes, the honours system has its problems. But as a gay writer, here’s why I’m...
For years I was dismissed as lightweight and camp. Now I have a platform to educate people about the mistakes of the pastI am thrilled that in the new year honours list I am being made an MBE. I know...
View ArticleArise, Sir Gareth: Southgate given knighthood in new year honours list
Southgate is fourth knighted former England managerKeely Hodgkinson’s MBE leads way for Paris 2024 starsSadiq Khan, Stephen Fry and Emily Thornberry honouredGareth Southgate has been rewarded for...
View ArticlePost Office campaigners vow to ‘never give in’ after receiving OBEs
Former post office operators recognised in new year honours list for services to justiceCampaigners for justice in the Post Office scandal have said they will “never give in” after receiving OBEs in...
View ArticleFormer bosses of HSBC and Rolls-Royce knighted in new year honours
Noel Quinn and Warren East, as well as Chanel chief Leena Nair among business figures to be honouredThe former chief executives of HSBC and Rolls-Royce have been knighted, as figures from the business...
View ArticleSadiq Khan, Stephen Fry and Emily Thornberry make new year honours list
Mayor of London ‘truly humbled’ to be made a knight as authors, actors and sporting stars receive honoursArise, Sir Gareth: Southgate given knighthood Sadiq Khan and Stephen Fry received knighthoods...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on the House of Lords: ministers risk a hollow reform with...
Over the holidays, this column will explore next year’s urgent issues. Today, why it is easier to be a constitutional reformer in opposition than in officeNext year, the remaining hereditary members of...
View ArticleOur once great honours system has lost its shine | Letters
It no longer seems necessary to have devoted yourself to public service to win an honour, writes Marjorie Ellis Thompson; plus letters from Nick Broadhead, John Weeks and Andy BebingtonGiven recent...
View Article‘It’s about listening and responding’: MBE for station assistant who saved 29...
Rizwan Javed, Ian Russell, Camilla Bowry and Mubarak Mahmed honoured for work in charities and mental healthCharities and mental health advocates, including a train station assistant who stopped 29...
View ArticleGlastonbury founder and TikTok organist make new year honours list
Singers, artists and co-founder of women’s fiction prize among members of arts world to be recognisedThe co-founder of the Glastonbury festival, a bestselling novelist and an organ-playing TikTok...
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