Steve Lamacq, Stephen Fry, Carey Mulligan, Eddie Marsan included on 2025 New Year Honours list

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Stephen Fry, Eddie Marsan and Carey Mulligan are among the entertainment figures included in the New Years Honours list for 2025.The list of honours, which celebrates individual outstanding achievements and contributions to British society, was revealed earlier today (December 31) to mark the new year.The veteran music broadcaster Lamacq receives an OBE for his services to broadcasting and music venues.

He started out as a music journalist in the 1980s, including becoming a celebrated writer for NME for many years, and later became best known for his long career on BBC Radio, launching the Radio 1 Evening Session show with Jo Whiley in 1993.

He remained on the show after Whiley left in 1997, before joining the newly-launched BBC Radio 6 Music in 2002, where he has remained ever since.He has earned a reputation as a tireless champion for new music and has supported emerging indie talent in the UK for decades.

In recent years, he has also been outspoken in his support for grassroots music venues in the UK, recently delivering a keynote speech at the Music Venue Trust’s Venues Day, in which he described small venues as “the biggest A&R department in Britain”.At the event, Lamacq spoke passionately about his “fury” at the rate at which venues are closing due to their “transformative power”. “Every time this happens, we lose the opportunity for another magic and life-changing moment,” he argued, claiming that every gig that goes unplayed represents “30 minutes in the present that could have changed the future”.Speaking about receiving the award, Lamacq said: “This came as an incredible shock.