New Years Honours 2017

[subcontrabass]

Musicians honoured include:

Evelyn Glennie - Companion of Honour

Bryn Terfel - Knighthood

Iestyn Davies - MBE

[bluestateprommer]

As well, in the list:

Simon Frith, University of Edinburgh - OBE
Lennox Mackenzie, LSO - OBE
Stephen Maddock, CBSO - OBE

Karen Brock, Tower Hamlets Arts and Music Education Service - MBE
Anthony Forbes, Royal Choral Society - MBE
Jonathan Stephens, University of Aberdeen - MBE
Stuart Wood, Barchester Healthcare - MBE

[Lat-Literal]

.....and Sir Ken Dodd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys1ShRxuAnY

[Petrushka]

.....and Sir Ken Dodd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys1ShRxuAnY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a5vaIsaxB8

[Lat-Literal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a5vaIsaxB8

"I'll wear New Year Honour in bed!" - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_...lines/38472743

[Mary Chambers]

If we're having knighthoods at all, why Bryn Terfel but not Ian Bostridge? What about Stephen Hough? I suppose it is always like this.

I'd have given Iestyn Davies an OBE at least.

I'm in favour of honours for Patricia Routledge and Ken Dodd, but I never understand why people get honours for hitting balls or running a bit faster than someone else.

[Nick Armstrong]

Musicians honoured include:

Evelyn Glennie - Companion of Honour

Bryn Terfel - Knighthood

Iestyn Davies - MBE

Let's not forget Sir Jeffrey Tate, freshly knighted too!

[BBMmk2]

There's plenty of musicians that could do with being honoured that are not recognised! Or people like Ralph Couzens and Edward Perry(right name?)

[johncorrigan]

Sir Ray Davies for a wonderful array of songs and music and so much pleasure!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_MqfF0WBsU

[subcontrabass]

There's plenty of musicians that could do with being honoured that are not recognised! Or people like Ralph Couzens and Edward Perry(right name?)

The process is somewhat haphazard. Someone needs to actually nominate potential candidates for awards.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

The process is somewhat haphazard. Someone needs to actually nominate potential candidates for awards.

... and the potential candidate has to agree to accept the honour, I believe? So, if someone we might feel deserves an honour but hasn't received one, it may well be that they hold the whole outdated farce in the contempt it deserves.

[teamsaint]

... and the potential candidate has to agree to accept the honour, I believe? So, if someone we might feel deserves an honour but hasn't received one, it may well be that they hold the whole outdated farce in the contempt it deserves.

It should be replaced, IMO, with a much simplified system that truly acknowledges the contribution to made to society , by those who do not receive the usual recognitions of money, fame, adulation.

so no more high ranking military officers, police, civil servants. No more rich and famous sports, music and entertainment stars. No more political cronies.

[Bryn]

... I'm in favour of honours for ... Ken Dodd, but I never understand why people get honours for hitting balls or running a bit faster than someone else.

"for services to entertainment and charity"

I have never though of Margaret Thatcher as being either entertaining of charitable, nor for that matter found Ken Dodd entertaining. Ah well.

[jean]

Worth noting that Phil Scraton has just refused one.

[Richard Tarleton]

nor for that matter found Ken Dodd entertaining. Ah well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Dodd#Tax_evasion_court_case

cf, around the same time but less fortunate, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester...or_tax_evasion - stripped of his honour.