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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 — ...

Cleese supplied a typically idiosyncratic response to the honours system. He refused a CBE in 1996 “because I think they are silly”, and also turned down the opportunity to become a working peer in ...