As King Charles III prepares to honour a host of celebrities in the King's New Year Honours 2026, we have taken a look back on some of the famous faces who have turned down the recognition. Honours ...

Death (John Cleese) makes himself comfortable as he joins for dinner and continuously repeats he is the Grim Reaper.

Four icons, four refusals: Nigella Lawson, David Bowie, Rudyard Kipling and John Cleese all rejected a title - Scott McNaughton/The Age/Getty; Dave Hogan/Getty; Culture Club/Getty; Rii Schroer Is it ...

Chris Rea could clearly recall the moment he no longer wanted to be a pop star. It was July 1986 when he was opening for Queen at Slane Castle in Meath. The singer, who has died at age 74, had come of ...

It's that time of year again and King Charles III has once again decided who will be awarded prestigious awards in the New Year's Honours list. Honours are part of orders of chivalry have been given ...

Recently, there has been more drama in the Kennedy Center’s offices than in its performance spaces. That was certainly the case yesterday, as the hallowed landmark was — whatever the legality — ...

St John’s High School proudly staged ‘Smike – The Musical’, a vibrant and captivating production that left the audience thoroughly impressed. Smike is a popular British pop musical from the 1970s, ...

John Travolta’s youngest child is the great grandson of Elvis Presley, via an egg donation from the king of rock and roll’s granddaughter, actor Riley Keough, filings of an ongoing lawsuit against the ...

BEST OF 2025: Join us for our traditional look back at the news and features that topped MusicRadar's charts in 2025. It is regarded by many as the best song that John Lennon ever wrote for The ...