What does 'Honours List say @ values UK honours?

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What does 'Honours List say about the values UK honours?

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Dolly the Sheep creator gets honour


Press Assoc. - Saturday, December 29 03:51 am

Dolly the Sheep creator Ian Wilmut said he was "surprised and delighted" at the knighthood bestowed on him in the New Year honours.

Professor Wilmut, 63, receives the award for services to science but is best known at the creator of Dolly in 1996.

He said he was accepting the award on behalf of colleagues he formerly worked with at the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh, and colleagues he currently works with at the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine.

He left the institute two years ago to join the centre, and became its head earlier this year.

"The award also recognises the importance of biomedical research to develop new treatments in regenerative medicine," said the professor...

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Parkinson and Minogue top honours

Michael Parkinson and Kylie Minogue are both popular figures

Parkinson interview

Broadcaster Michael Parkinson and singer Kylie Minogue are among those to feature in the New Year Honours list.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7163660.stm




What does 'Honours List say about values UK honours?



BBC NEWS | Talking Point | New Year honours: Are they still relevant?

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How would you reform the UK's honours system? - Telegraph

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Melanie McDonagh: Lord Sir Seb - just how many honours does a man ...

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'Cash-for-honours' timeline | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited ...
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Orange News Blog: A matter of honours

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The Big Question: How does the honours system work, and do gongs ...

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[SIZE=-1]Does 'Sir Ian McKellen' mean UK honours both his homosexuality campaigns & occult fascination that God's Word clearly calls abomination & perversion?[/SIZE]

Does ever growing celeb worship not produce sad results?


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Does ever growing celeb worship not produce bad results?



Style and Focus Lifestyle PR: January 2007

[SIZE=-1]Frugal Glam: Looking good does not have to cost you a fortune which is why ... With our current culture of celebrity worship, fans are clamouring for more. ...[/SIZE]

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bob.blog: Video Venues... The Celebrity Church must die...

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Comment is free: Chirac bids adieu

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Shame is Good? Christina Ricci "Tisked" Out of Fur Worship ...

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Personality and Individual Differences : Pathological public ...

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By Marc Fisher

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The Literary Group International

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[SIZE=-1]None seems to highlight the end result of celeb worship - the worst global tyrant ever: the Beast/Antichrist of Revelation 13, who declares himself to be God & demands the worship of all on point of death[/SIZE]