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   Andrew Keener on December 30, 2025 at 4:29 pm

   Hearty congratulations to Alice! A richly deserved gong for this unique, intelligent artist. But yes….otherwise, sportspeople galore as usual. The Today programme this morning went on and on about them. And on…and on. Once again, the Great God Sport lauds it over the rest of us. More kudos/vote-potential for the politicians than these damned arty types. Harrrumph…….

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     pjl on January 2, 2026 at 10:13 pm

     what about Richard Farnes?
     Our congratulations to King’s alumnus Richard Farnes (KC 1983), who has been awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for services to music in the New Year Honours list for 2026.

     Richard’s distinguished career spans both symphonic music and opera. He was a Chorister in the King’s College Choir before entering Eton College as a music scholar in 1977. He returned to King’s as Organ Scholar in 1983, and later studied at the Royal Academy of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and the National Opera Studio. He has conducted a wide range of orchestras in the UK and across the world. With the BBC Symphony Orchestra he has appeared at the BBC Proms in London and at the Dubai Proms. From 2004 to 2016 he was Music Director of Opera North in Leeds.

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       canderson on January 2, 2026 at 10:49 pm

       Thanks Peter, I have added him in. Colin

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