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Post by Honoured Guest on Jan 2, 2017 16:54:11 GMT
Ken Dodd For services to Accountancy
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 5, 2017 19:43:36 GMT
I'm sure I read somewhere (on some list) that he had turned down a knighthood? Same list also said SRB had turned one down which if also untrue means he has been scandalously overlooked again! I DEMAND to see Sir SRB! Love the annual clamour on here to want to see the establishment offer SRB a knighthood so he can tell them to do one again. I'm on board with that one
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 8, 2017 1:07:13 GMT
Am I the only one surprised and slightly scathing about Rylance taking a gong from a Govt he presumably objects to after making such a thespy fuss about the RSC taking oil sponsorship? Oh no, the famous republican anti-war campaigner Sir David Hare explained it very carefully to all us stupid people who accused him of hypocrisy when he accepted his knighthood from Blair - you see the award wasn't for him personally at all, it was for the profession as a whole so he magnanimously and generously accepted on behalf of them all. Wasn't Blair who controversially gave Saville a Gong?
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Post by n1david on Jan 8, 2017 1:34:55 GMT
Oh no, the famous republican anti-war campaigner Sir David Hare explained it very carefully to all us stupid people who accused him of hypocrisy when he accepted his knighthood from Blair - you see the award wasn't for him personally at all, it was for the profession as a whole so he magnanimously and generously accepted on behalf of them all. Wasn't Blair who controversially gave Saville a Gong? No, knighted under Thatcher. 1990. "thatcher lobbied for Savile knighthood despite warnings" www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-23355531
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Post by Honoured Guest on Jan 8, 2017 9:15:11 GMT
The above post is too factual for our post-truth members and should be deleted.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Dec 29, 2017 22:17:47 GMT
Twelve minutes until the announcement!
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Post by alicechallice on Dec 29, 2017 22:38:39 GMT
Arrrrrrrrrrrghhhh! Exciting! Dame-hoods for Hattie Morahan, Elaine Paige and @parsley, please!
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Post by alece10 on Dec 29, 2017 22:47:41 GMT
Matt Henry is getting MBE.
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Post by Jon on Dec 29, 2017 22:54:38 GMT
I’m surprised it’s taken this long for Barry Gibb to be knighted.
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Post by peggysue on Dec 29, 2017 22:56:09 GMT
Very pleased for Sir Barry Gibb and Eamonn Holmes OBE
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Post by alicechallice on Dec 29, 2017 22:57:53 GMT
CBE's for Hugh Laurie and Julia McKenzie
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Post by alicesprings on Dec 29, 2017 22:59:49 GMT
And Sir Ringo Starr at last
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Post by Jon on Dec 29, 2017 22:59:59 GMT
I wonder if Sting will be knighted anytime soon?
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Post by theatreian on Dec 29, 2017 23:01:16 GMT
No damehood for Petula Clark again it seems .But Dame Darcey Bussell at half her age! oh well!
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Post by poster J on Dec 29, 2017 23:21:17 GMT
No damehood for Petula Clark again it seems .But Dame Darcey Bussell at half her age! oh well! People have to be nominated to even be considered for it, and then choose whether to accept it, so who knows, maybe she has been offered it previously and decided she didn't want it, or she simply hasn't been put forward for consideration.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2017 23:41:27 GMT
Julie Walters needs to become a dame, I think it's bad how she hasn't become one yet. She's got a CBE so Dame is next one up. Also SO shocked how Celia Imrie hasn't got an MBE. She's appeared in loads of good films and less famous actresses have got an MBE over her. Same goes for Julia Mackenzie - surprised she isn't OBE. Also thought Kelley Hawes was deserving of an OBE after her stunning and dramatic performances in Line of Duty and The Missing. Anyway so glad Naomie Harris got an OBE!! Such an underrated actress who is amazing. Hope to see her continue in James Bond as well as more films and stage roles! I’m a fan of the honours system. Dame Julie won’t happen for at least another 3 years. She got her CBE 2 years ago and there’s normally at least a 5 year wait between awards.
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Dec 29, 2017 23:42:57 GMT
John Tiffany OBE and Peter Nichols CBE.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 29, 2017 23:44:13 GMT
Julie Walters needs to become a dame, I think it's bad how she hasn't become one yet. She's got a CBE so Dame is next one up. Also SO shocked how Celia Imrie hasn't got an MBE. She's appeared in loads of good films and less famous actresses have got an MBE over her. Same goes for Julia Mackenzie - surprised she isn't OBE. Also thought Kelley Hawes was deserving of an OBE after her stunning and dramatic performances in Line of Duty and The Missing. Anyway so glad Naomie Harris got an OBE!! Such an underrated actress who is amazing. Hope to see her continue in James Bond as well as more films and stage roles! I’m a fan of the honours system. Dame Julie won’t happen for at least another 3 years. She got her CBE 2 years ago and there’s normally at least a 5 year wait between awards. Did you miss Julie Walters becoming a Dame in the Birthday Honours back in June? The cast of Mamma Mia 2 sang 'There is nothing like a Dame' to her on set!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2017 23:45:07 GMT
My recent highlights have been Sir Matt Bourne, Dame Julie Walters and Sir Antony Gormely. Big fan of all their work.
Just want Dame Imelda now.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2017 23:47:48 GMT
I’m a fan of the honours system. Dame Julie won’t happen for at least another 3 years. She got her CBE 2 years ago and there’s normally at least a 5 year wait between awards. Did you miss Julie Walters becoming a Dame in the Birthday Honours back in June? The cast of Mamma Mia 2 sang 'There is nothing like a Dame' to her on set! Sorry had a few wines. Read Dame Julie but was thinking Dame Imelda. Re-read post I wrote but replace Julie with Imelda. That was point I was trying to make. Lesson learnt - don’t update when you’ve had a few!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2017 10:48:16 GMT
No damehood for Petula Clark again it seems .But Dame Darcey Bussell at half her age! oh well! La Bussell's honour is well deserved though. Her ballet career speaks for itself I think. Delighted to see Julia McKenzie recognised too. She really should have been a Dame herself by now though.
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Post by theatreian on Dec 30, 2017 15:38:20 GMT
Don't begrudge Darcey her Damehood but with the body of work Petula has done, over 30 films, recordings, stage work(including 2500 performances of Norma Desmond), concert tours , composing etc, I think she is due her Damehood now. She was performing this week at Niagra Falls and in New York just before Christmas and at 85 that is some going!
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Post by lynette on Dec 30, 2017 16:23:25 GMT
I’m not a fan of the Honours system as it is. I don’t think we should acclaim people who just do their jobs, whether they be civil servants or actors. They should be rewarded within their own systems such as the Oscars, Oliviers and long service stuff for public sector people. The Honours should be for people who go out of their way to to do more than their jobs within the community. And for extraordinary services within their jobs, such as particularly brave rescues for firemen and so on. There are people in our communities who work in the charity and voluntary world all their lives. The Honours system does find them, on recommendation, and the list does have them this year as in other years. This is the true Honours List.
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Post by Phantom of London on Dec 30, 2017 17:11:56 GMT
Another year and another no gong for Timmy Mallet or Gordon the Gopher this is completely outrageous, i’m Going to write to my Member of Parliament.
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Post by joem on Dec 30, 2017 17:18:34 GMT
I’m surprised it’s taken this long for Barry Gibb to be knighted. I'm blaming it all on the knights on Broadway.
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Post by The Matthew on Dec 30, 2017 17:49:59 GMT
I want an actual gong. Being able to put letters after your name is nice, I suppose, but I want to be able to wake up the neighbours. Neighbouring towns, that is.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2017 19:56:55 GMT
Another year and another no gong for Timmy Mallet or Gordon the Gopher this is completely outrageous, i’m Going to write to my Member of Parliament. And what about Sooty and Sweep for their services to entertainment? Sir Basil Brush also has a nice ring to it. I sometimes wonder what happened to them all, but imagine that they are kicking back at the Denville Hall retirement home watching re-runs of their old shows.
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Post by tmesis on Dec 30, 2017 22:27:23 GMT
Sir Pinky and Perky is surely overdue.
edit... I'm assuming they are male; maybe time for the first gender-neutral gong.
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Post by Phantom of London on Dec 30, 2017 23:14:52 GMT
Another year and another no gong for Timmy Mallet or Gordon the Gopher this is completely outrageous, i’m Going to write to my Member of Parliament. And what about Sooty and Sweep for their services to entertainment? Sir Basil Brush also has a nice ring to it. I sometimes wonder what happened to them all, but imagine that they are kicking back at the Denville Hall retirement home watching re-runs of their old shows. Oh god I totally forgot about Basil Brush , he deserves to be knighted, the very first theatre trip I did at the Mayfair Theatre. I Cannot say the same about Sooty and Sweepy unfortunately, don’t you read about yewtree?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2017 12:41:38 GMT
And what about Sooty and Sweep for their services to entertainment? Sir Basil Brush also has a nice ring to it. I sometimes wonder what happened to them all, but imagine that they are kicking back at the Denville Hall retirement home watching re-runs of their old shows. Oh god I totally forgot about Basil Brush , he deserves to be knighted, the very first theatre trip I did at the Mayfair Theatre. I Cannot say the same about Sooty and Sweepy unfortunately, don’t you read about yewtree? Dear God, not Sooty. I’m not surprised about Sweep. But Sooty?!
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