The Ted Hughes Society would like to extend its warm congratulations to two of the Society's patrons who received honours in the New Year's List.
Lord Melvyn Bragg of Wigton was named to the Order of Companions of Honour, for services to Broadcasting and the Arts.
Sir Michael Morpurgo was named to the Order of the Knights Bachelor, the services to literature and charity.
For full details of the awards please see the full honours list.