It's now Sir Terry...
It's now Sir Terry...
I'm quite chuffed Terry Prachett has been hounoured. Nice to see him get some good news
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7804822.stm
Otherwise the expected sporting awards for Olympians but sadly not for Shane Williams who broke the all time Try scoring record in Wales, won the 6 Nations and became the IRB World Rugby player of the year. Also where is Nicole Cooke who acomplished a first in her Olympic and World cycling double win. Only woman to have ever done it in history. Bit hard on the Welsh.
I'd say it's all just proof that the gongs are media managing by the government but my mum won one last year so
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7804822.stm
Otherwise the expected sporting awards for Olympians but sadly not for Shane Williams who broke the all time Try scoring record in Wales, won the 6 Nations and became the IRB World Rugby player of the year. Also where is Nicole Cooke who acomplished a first in her Olympic and World cycling double win. Only woman to have ever done it in history. Bit hard on the Welsh.
I'd say it's all just proof that the gongs are media managing by the government but my mum won one last year so
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I had those thoughts too. To be fair he is a highly regarded author. I seem to recall he had a number of books in the top 100 when they did that massive poll so pblically he's popular. As far as personality in entertainment/media goes he's as deserving as anybody in his field is even if there was consideration for his health problems recently.
Conventions will be fun hereafterthis. He's bound to demand to be called 'Sir' from this point on...
Good show, that man. But why did it take so long to give him the honour so justifably deserved for lunacy er... literature. He has been accused of literature before, you know. just never so officially.
Good show, that man. But why did it take so long to give him the honour so justifably deserved for lunacy er... literature. He has been accused of literature before, you know. just never so officially.
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But he has been for about a decade now is the problem... Then coincidentally in the year his brain starts running out of his ears suddenly, bam, knighthood.Jetfire wrote:I had those thoughts too. To be fair he is a highly regarded author. I seem to recall he had a number of books in the top 100 when they did that massive poll so pblically he's popular.
That's my point. It's possible he was in consideration for a while, or would have been considered in the future but the attention he's got suddeny made the powers that
It's hard because you need to be nominated first. My mum still doesn't know who nominated her except it's somebody in local politics who got good reviews of her or maybe soemone who worked with her. Though I imagine people in Westminister have more nominations.
It's the same process for the famous, Pratchett needs somebody with a nomination who oversees the area where he lives to nominate him. In previous years the person might have though some doctor, charity worker, bus conductor, teacher etc may have been more worthy at the time or more in the minds of the nominator.
It's hard because you need to be nominated first. My mum still doesn't know who nominated her except it's somebody in local politics who got good reviews of her or maybe soemone who worked with her. Though I imagine people in Westminister have more nominations.
It's the same process for the famous, Pratchett needs somebody with a nomination who oversees the area where he lives to nominate him. In previous years the person might have though some doctor, charity worker, bus conductor, teacher etc may have been more worthy at the time or more in the minds of the nominator.
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Some 'achievement' or 'service' for Britain. Hence Business men can earn one of employing british people or bringing/making jobs for the UK.
Sports/entertainment types are basically serving the people in their thousands/millions so somebody can nominate somebody on that basis. Generally charity wok is reuired to support this so Prathett is likely to have been named on the basis of his recent charity work as well as his writing career.
Sports/entertainment types are basically serving the people in their thousands/millions so somebody can nominate somebody on that basis. Generally charity wok is reuired to support this so Prathett is likely to have been named on the basis of his recent charity work as well as his writing career.
To be honest I'd rather Shane didn't win it yet, In my opinion I'd rather he finished out his playing career and then get the award at the end, sort of a congratulations on a fine career spanning multiple years than well done on being flavour of the monthJetfire wrote:Otherwise the expected sporting awards for Olympians but sadly not for Shane Williams who broke the all time Try scoring record in Wales, won the 6 Nations and became the IRB World Rugby player of the year. Also where is Nicole Cooke who acomplished a first in her Olympic and World cycling double win. Only woman to have ever done it in history. Bit hard on the Welsh.
I do feel when sports stars win it they should generally win it at the end of their career when their true contribution to sport can be noted.
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That's probably the official reason, but it ignores the fact he's done a huge amount of charity work for decades, mostly with the Orang-Utang Foundation.Jetfire wrote:Generally charity wok is reuired to support this so Prathett is likely to have been named on the basis of his recent charity work as well as his writing career.