...Sir Idris Elba, Dame Meera Syal, historian Dan Cruickshank OBE, and Bill Bailey MBE!
Also recognised in the New Year Honours list for 2026 are (among hundreds of others, famous and otherwise, including members of the national women's football and rugby teams):
- Sir Roy Clarke (writer, Last of the Summer Wine, Open All Hours), Sir Tristram Hunt (director of the Victoria and Albert Museum);
- Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE): mezzo-soprano Alice Coote, composer Max Richter, conductor Richard Farnes, former rugby player and charity boss Jonathan Davies;
- Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE): actor Warwick Davies, sports TV presenter Gabby Logan, comedian Matt Lucas, author and TV personality Richard Osman, champion marathon runner Paula Radcliffe, gardening historian and Gardeners World regular Advolly Richmond;
- Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE): actress Sally Lindsay, children's entertainer Paul Chuckle, celebrity chef Marcus Wareing, singer and actress Cynthia Erivo, singer Ellie Goulding, singer Eve Graham (of The New Seekers), gay poet Andrew McMillan.
...and Dame Jane Torvill and Sir Christopher Dean!
Hail, Knight of the Woeful Countenance!
ReplyDeleteSir Idris looks fairly cheerful to me! 😎 Jx
DeleteSir Idris. Oh sigh. Yes, sir!
DeleteI wouldn't mind seeing him arise... Jx
DeleteNow then, lads...give us ladies a chance!
DeleteHe is, unfortunately for us, straight - and married - but we can dream... Jx
DeleteAnd I have the feeling if Sir Idris arose, it might take several minutes till it was "all up".
DeleteImagine... Jx
DeleteOh man. Now I have THAT image in my head. Well, maybe I wish?
DeleteWe all do... Jx
DeleteMy, that was a long list.
ReplyDeleteIt's still beyond me why your fabulous self and the Madam have not made the Honors list yet. Don't hey recognize swanky, camp and classy inspirations when they see it?
Our Damehoods must have been lost in the post. Again! Jx
DeleteDame Jane Torvill and Sir Christopher Dean! I will never tire of seeing their "Bolero" routine - watching it now, I was transfixed (yet again), and succumbed to goosepimples several times throughout. By the end, I was breathless and even felt a bit sick with the relentless anticipation of wondering if it would be perfect (again) even though this is a decades old recording!
ReplyDeleteYep - that performance was FORTY-TWO years ago this year! Gulp. Time flies... Jx
DeletePS You have, of course, seen Our Lil's version with Bob Downe? - see here.
But, of course. And thanks to you, I've just given those videos another watch and had a good laugh!
Delete(I note that I didn't comment back then - I think I was on holiday, but I'm sure I saw/read it during a catch-up once I was back.)
I forgive you dear - but which part did you act out? Bob or Lily? Jx
DeleteA wonderful list of the Great and the Good but yes, where are ours.
ReplyDeleteThere's always the Birthday Honours list... Jx
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