With Jubilee celebrations about to kick off in the UK, the Queen’s Birthday Honours List has been released for 2022. Included among recipients are such arts and entertainment figures as actor Damian Lewis, author Salman Rushdie, All3Media CEO Jane Turton, Wales-born singer Bonnie Tyler and designer Stella McCartney.The awards range from knighthoods to MBEs and recognize outstanding contributions across all sectors, in particular for public service, the environment and sustainability, and youth engagement.Satanic Verses author Rushdie for his part is receiving a Companion of Honor, of which there are only 65 at any time, for his services to literature.
He was previously knighted in 2007.Crime novelist Ian Rankin is getting a knighthood for services to literature and charity.
Author of the Rebus and Malcolm Fox novels, Rankin donated his archive to the National Library of Scotland in 2019. Billions star Lewis is getting a CBE for services to drama and charity.
During the Covid lockdown, Lewis and late wife Helen McCrory founded Feed NHS, a campaign to raise £1 million to provide food for NHS workers.All3Media chief executive Turton will be made an OBE.
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