Brian, why not ask Roy for his views?? Or Martin Carthy for his??

To my mind the current honours are the only ones we have as a nation, the system has been democratised (ok, not nearly enough) and we live in an imperfect world (and society). So I'm delighted to see Roy (and Martin, and Roz, and . . ) being honoured by OUR country, and am pleased they feel able to accept the honours - and confident that they share my misgivings about the whole honours system.

G.