New Year Honours List
Actor Stephen Graham made OBE in New Year Honours list

Actor Stephen Graham made OBE in New Year Honours list

He’s become one of the most revered and popular names in British acting Actor Stephen Graham has been made OBE in the New Year Honours for services to drama. The much-loved actor will receive the Order of the British Empire for his services, having appeared in a number of critically-acclaimed blockbuster films and TV dramas across […]

3 years ago

Tony Blair Knighthood: Petition to revoke former PM’s honour reaches 1m signatures

Tony Blair Knighthood: Petition to revoke former PM’s honour reaches 1m signatures

The milestone was passed less than a week after the former PM was given the honour A million people have now signed a petition calling for Tony Blair to have his Knighthood rescinded. Labour’s longest-serving Prime Minister was appointed as a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the oldest and most […]

4 years ago

More than 130,000 sign petition calling for Tony Blair to lose knighthood

More than 130,000 sign petition calling for Tony Blair to lose knighthood

“A knighthood for a war criminal, but not for a war hero.” Mere days after he received the honour, more than 130,000 people at the time of writing have signed a petition calling for Tony Blair’s knighthood to be taken back. The decision to award the honour to the former Labour leader and PM has […]

4 years ago

New Year Honours list: Tony Blair and Chris Whitty knighted, David Beckham snubbed

New Year Honours list: Tony Blair and Chris Whitty knighted, David Beckham snubbed

The former England captain could be in line for a June knighthood Tony Blair, Professor Chris Whitty and Professor Jonathan Van-Tam have all been named in today’s New Year Honours and will be knighted in 2022 – while football icon David Beckham was left off the list. The list – which was released earlier today […]

4 years ago