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Two of my favourite authors in this year's honours :

Prof Mary Beard



Occupation: Professor of classics, University of Cambridge and broadcaster

Honour: Damehood for services to the study of classical civilisations

Quote: "I'd like to treat it as a bit of a tribute to the Greeks and Romans themselves - as well as to all my wonderful academic colleagues who also do so much for the study of antiquity."

Ken Follett



Occupation: Author

Honour: CBE for for services to literature and charity

Quote: "I am very pleased and proud to receive this honour for doing something I love - making books and stories as entertaining and accessible as possible."

Just a shame that their own personal achievement will probably be diminished by some other useless person being included in the list, the head of Network Rail springs to mind Mark Carne.

Horus wrote:Just a shame that their own personal achievement will probably be diminished by some other useless person being included in the list, the head of Network Rail springs to mind Mark Carne.

Not to mention the inevitable footballer

newcastle wrote:

Horus wrote:Just a shame that their own personal achievement will probably be diminished by some other useless person being included in the list, the head of Network Rail springs to mind Mark Carne.

Not to mention the inevitable footballer

I think Jermaine Defoe deserved his.

hatusu wrote:

newcastle wrote:

Horus wrote:Just a shame that their own personal achievement will probably be diminished by some other useless person being included in the list, the head of Network Rail springs to mind Mark Carne.

Not to mention the inevitable footballer

I think Jermaine Defoe deserved his.

I daresay he did, Likewise Kenny Dalglish. There must be hundreds of thousands involved in comparable charitable works but you can always rely on a footballer or two being honoured by a nation totally obsessed by the game.

We need more of the likes of former sex worker, New Zealand's Catherine Healy. who was honored by Britain's Queen for her work advocating for prostitutes.

well if you are thinking of Mr Beckham, according to the press today he and Posh are struggling with their relationship, so he will not get anything until all is clear.

Major Thom wrote:well if you are thinking of Mr Beckham, according to the press today he and Posh are struggling with their relationship, so he will not get anything until all is clear.

Wake up! He got his OBE in 2003.

He's due another award for "Services to Tattoo Artists"

Major Thom wrote:well if you are thinking of Mr Beckham, according to the press today he and Posh are struggling with their relationship, so he will not get anything until all is clear.

If he is struggling with his marital relationship, old golden balls will be getting zilch full stop.

At least Rosemary Powell was rewarded for selling poppies for 97 years. Good luck to her and her 'retirement'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-44317170