The biggest names in UK showbiz and culture take on the New Year’s honors – The National

Queen guitarist Brian May is among the celebrities and cultural icons to receive New Year’s honors.

Both the soldier Brian and the artist Grayson Perry took up the ranks of the cavalry.

Actors Stephen Graham and David Harewood have been appointed OBEs.

Mary Quant, the ground-breaking 1960s fashion designer who is now a lady, has become an Honorary Partner.

Brian May

As a virtuoso guitarist in the rock band Queen, the 75-year-old is responsible for some of the greatest arias in popular music, from solo in But do not stop Me to the melody of the strum Something to love.

Near the front, Freddie Mercury, bassist John Deacon and drummer Roger Taylor scored countless number one hits in an eighty-year-old band that toured the world.

The musician, astrophysicist and animal welfare advocate is recognized for his contributions to music and charity.

He said that he had a renewed responsibility “to behave in a way that is good for the country and the rest of the people” after receiving the benefits of knighthood.

Grayson Perry

Sir Grayson, a 62-year-old artist, writer and billionaire who is known for his curtains and ceramic works, campaigned for the merits of the arts.

John Akomfrah

The artist is known for his video workshops dealing with post-colonialism and migration, and has also received knighthoods.

Maria Quant

Designer Dame Mary Quant, who is widely believed to be the mini wing of the people, has been appointed a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour.

The award is given to those who have made major contributions to the arts, science, medicine, or government.

Sometimes the honor of the Junior Order of Merit is held and it is established at the top, not more than 65 members, who use the letters CH in their names.

She was one of the most popular figures on the second stage of the 1960s and was destined for modeling jobs.

The 92-year-old fashion designer is credited for making fashion accessible to the masses with his sleek, sleek and stylish designs.

Roland Keating

Roland Francis Kester Keating, former director of BBC Two and chief executive at the British Library, received a literary knighthood.

George Fenton

Composer George Richard Ian Howe (George Fenton) received a CBE for services to music.

sonia friedmann

Theater producer Sonia Friedman received a CBE for services to theatre.

Stephen Graham

Stephen Graham became an OBE for services to drama.

The 49-year-old Merseyside actor has played Irish, English and American criminals and police officers in various Hollywood movies and TV shows for three decades.

2000’s mainstream crime comedy to snatch alongside Brad Pitt and Jason Statham, as well as 2019’s Rogue One Irishwhere he played real-life mobster Anthony Provenzano alongside Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.

Graham also played the villain Stephen Shang flocks of New York in 2002, Baby Face Nelson in Pissued to the enemy in 2009 and the infamous mobster Al Capone in the period crime drama series Boardwalk Control.

He is perhaps best known for his role as the English nationalist “Combo” Gascoigne in the 2006 short film. This is England.

David Harewood

Actor and broadcaster David Harewood has been made an OBE for services to drama and charity.

The 57-year-old who found widespread fame playing CIA director David Estes in the US drama series Countryhonored for his merits and charity.

In 2019, Harewood created a one-off documentary for the BBC Psychosis and Me*which goes backward in the footsteps of a young man, and enters the broken-down old age 23 .

Harewood, who has spent the better part of the past decade in the US and Canada, has previously said that it is easier for a black man to get more substantial roles in the US than in Britain.

The acclaimed actor’s new film platform also helped; JAAQ.co.uk (We’re just asking the question), which helps prevent people with mental health problems from “reaching the stage of crisis,” according to founder Danny Gray, who previously appeared. Dragon’s Den.

Throughout his career, Harewood has used the platform to advocate for causes close to his heart.

Anna Diamond

Journalist Anne Diamond was also made a CBE for services to public health and charity, after she died trying to stop cot death.

Amplificatur, 68. He dedicated it to his son Sebastiano.

Starting a career in regional news, Diamond became a daytime star in the 1980s and 1990s.

He presented BBC One’s programme Hello with Anna and NickTV-am’s Hello Britain and TV Weekly.

In 1990, she and her husband Mike Hollingsworth lost their son Sebastian after he died from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDs) – commonly known as cot death.

He then joined forces with the Foundation for the Study of Infant Death (FSID), which is now The Lullaby Trust, and the Department of Health, to launch the successful Back to Sleep campaign.

In the middle of a national campaign, started in 1991, parents were reminded that babies should sleep on their backs, not their faces, and they were credited with a reduction in deaths.

In the 1980s, The Lullaby Trust says about 2.35 per 1,000 live births ended with cot death.

In 2015 in England and Wales there were 0.27 undiagnosed stillbirths per 1,000 live births.

This means there has been a decline of more than 2,000 deaths between the 1980s and 2010s.

Diamond Chest was also awarded the college medal by the regional college of Pediatrics and Child Safety for its work in the campaign.

He also worked with other charities such as the Mediterranean Air Ambulance charity, the National Obesity Forum, the Royal National Institute for the Deaf and the Blind, Veterans Frail, a national charity serving military personnel indefinitely after the First World War.

Diamond also had a radio show on LBC, Radio Oxford, BBC London and BBC Berkshire and recorded on loose women and Wright Stuffwhich was a topical discussion hosted by journalist Matthew Wright.

Journalist Jeremy Vine also filled in his Channel 5 show of the same name, which replaced Wright’s program.

Yolan Da Brown

Saxophonist and broadcaster Yolan Da Brown said he was “thrilled and honoured” to have been made an OBE in the New Year’s honors list.

The four-year-old, winner of two Mobo Awards, is revered for his contributions to music, education and radio music.

Originally from Barking in London, his music brings together reggae, jazz and soul, and has collaborated with acts such as Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones and Rick Astley.

In July she was appointed chairman of the British Phonographic Industry, which represents UK record labels and organizes The Brit Awards and Mercury Prize.

Brown, who is also president of the national Youth Music charity, praised the body for “making differences and impact” and “filling those gaps” where schools are unable to provide music education.

“I think the important thing is that the energy is in the music,” he said.

“It sounds cliche but there’s a power of music that just breaks through anything else that’s going on in the world.”

Brown is also an ambassador for the Prince’s Trust and the London Music Fund and sits on the advisory board of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

During the pandemic, he provided music advice to teachers, parents and students in primary schools nationwide, with an estimated 30,000 children using the facilities.

Her work has been extended further since she recently composed music sesame streetcalled the animated series Bea’s Closeand the Netflix series Comelon Lane.

As a broadcaster, he hosted various programs Gospel Choir of the Year for BBC One and the BBC Young Jazz Musician annual award.

David Sutherland

David Sutherland, the artist who drew for the Beano for 60 years she was made an OBE for services to enlightenment.

Mr Sutherland, who was born in 1933, drew The Bash Street Kids from 1962 and was responsible for Dennis the Menace from 1970 to 1998.

Mr Sutherland joined King’s Studios in Scotland, where he studied art and illustration while attending evening classes at the Glasgow School of Art.

In 1959, Mr Sutherland entered a competition organized by DC Thomson in Dundee.

Although he didn’t win, his entry made a good impression, and he was offered the chance to illustrate the comic strip adventure.

Including the work on Beano in practice Danny On A Dolphin and The Great Flood of London.

He recognized his talent and soon worked on some of the most famous Beano he bares himself and enthusiastically for the institutions of the comic authors.

Between 1970 and 1998, he drew more than 1,000 episodes of Dennis The Menace, but it was on The Bash Street Kids that he created his legacy.

The strip began in 1962 and continues to this day, delivering a Bash Street Kids comic strip every week for the past 60 years.

Celebrities who have received MBEs

He was the first black actor to play the role at the National Theater in London; Cleo Sylvestreto receive an MBE for services to drama and charity.

comedian and narrator Francis Skinner She was recognized for her services to entertainment.

Henry is horrified responsible Francesca Simonis received an MBE for services to literature.

countdown with the army Rachel Riley The MBE is made in recognition of his efforts to raise awareness of the Holocaust and the fight against anti-Semitism.

interviewing a journalist Catharine Belton he was succeeded by Roman Abramovich, a Russian oligarch, who was made MBE over claims of his relationship with Vladimir Putin.

singer and actress janet kay64 Silly gamesHe was made an MBE for services to music

playwright and screenwriter Rachel DeLahay he was also appointed MBE for services to drama.

DJ SpoonyThe 52-year-old, whose real name is Johnathan Joseph, has been recognized for his contributions to charity through music during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Updated: December 31, 2022, 5:40 AM