LONDON: British divers who rescued young soccer players trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand are among those being recognised in Britain’s New Year’s Honours List, along with 1960s model Twiggy and Monty Python star Michael Palin.

Twiggy, a model who shot to stardom during the Beatles era, will become a “dame” the female equivalent of a knight while Palin, whose second career has seen him become an acclaimed travel documentary maker, receives a knighthood.

Jim Carter, who played the acerbic Mr Carson in Downton Abbey, was also recognised, as was film-maker Christopher Nolan, director of Inception and Dunkirk, and best-selling author Philip Pullman, creator of the Dark Materials trilogy. The list released on Friday also named 43 people who responded quickly to the extremist attacks in Manchester and London in 2017.

Published in Dawn, December 30th, 2018