Talk:Noël Coward/Archive 1

message: Wasn't the diaeresis in his given name an affectation of Noel Coward's later years? -- Someone else 23:35 Dec 23, 2002 (UTC)
:It doesn't seem to be standard.  -- Zoe
::They are there in theatre programmes even before 1920. I don't see why they should be called an "affectation".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.87.248.162 (talk) 13:10, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I was surprised to see the diaeresis in light of the legendary story of Coward and Jean Harlow, who apparently mispronounced Coward's name as "No-EL" until Coward, exasperated, said "The 'e' in Noel is silent, as is the 't' in Harlow."  (The bon mot has also been attributed to Margot Asquith.)  Is the story apocryphal?Carlaclaws (talk) 19:20, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. See Morley, Lesley, Hoare etc. - Tim riley (talk) 20:23, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Diaeresis

message: Noel Coward was rarely talented in being one of the very few people who wrote words and music, and performed his own songs.  Can only think of a handful of others: Bob Dylan, Woodie Guthrie.
:Well, the Singer-songwriter article has a longer list.  And there's John Lennon and Paul McCartney, of course.  John 00:09, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Words and music

message: Peirce is the correct spelling. Hyacinth 08:18, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Peirce

message: So why was the explanation concerning the ë wiped out from the article on 4 June 2006? Was it wrong? Two "Noël" spellings remain in the article, but right now there is no explanation whatsoever. THis is strange. Can someone help? <KF> 12:34, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Noel vs Noël -- again 

message: In London there is a theatre called the Noel Coward Theatre, where the musical Avenue Q is currently situated. Shouldn't this be mentioned in this article? Noel Coward Theatre Baberlp 21:01, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Noel Coward Theatre? 

message: Suggesting include Information about "Mad Dogs and Englishmen"
from Mad_Dogs_and_Englishmen:
Mad Dogs and Englishmen (song) is a 1932 song by Noel Coward, that originated the above phrase
Unfortunately the page Mad Dogs and Englishmen (song) doesn't yet exist.
I could only add the info from Mad_Dogs_and_Englishmen
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:Mad Dogs and Englishmen (song) is a 1932 song by Noel Coward
:It's quoted in:
:*Mad Dogs and Englishmen (album) is a 1970 live album by Joe Cocker and others
:*Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1971 film) is a 1971 film from the same tour as the album
:*Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1995 film) a 1995 Canadian/British film
:*Mad Dogs and Englishmen (Doctor Who) is a 2002 Doctor Who novel.
:*Mad Gods and Englishmen (story) is a 2006 comic strip by Simon Spurrier and Boo Cook, for the character Harry Kipling.
----
Also an excerpt should be added.
--Dietmar Lettau 12:19, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Including "Mad Dogs and Englishmen (song)"

message: Famously, Coward was once introduced to actress Jean Harlow, who gushed, "Oh, Noël Coward—I've heard so much about you!" He replied, "The e in Noel is silent, as is the t in Harlow."
I am more inclined to attribute this quote to Margot Asquith (in whose Wikipedia article it is also mentioned, although with a slight variation). Noël Coward preferred the distinct pronunciation of the 'e' of his first name (hence the use of the diaeresis); I remember reading somwhere, perhaps in Graham Payn's memoir, that he absolutely loathed when people would pronounce it 'Nool' instead of 'No-el'. So attributing the quote to him seems dubious, whereas if Jean Harlow pronounced Margot Asquith's first name incorrectly as 'Margott', it makes much more sense. Just a thought. Natedogg923 16:39, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, this is one of Margot Asquith's most famous and well-documented utterances.  I'd never heard it attributed to Coward until now.  It definitely sounds like something he might have said, so it's understandable someone assumed it must have been a Cowardism.  --  JackofOz (talk) 00:16, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: But it wasn't really his style to be bitchy or catty, especially not to someone who might have been a bit common (he was out of genteel poverty himself) but was sincerely a fan of his. 213.123.239.30 (talk) 20:36, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "...the 'T' in Harlow." 

message: The link from this entry in the list, takes you to Danielle Steele's novel, not Noël Coward's play Brian Pugh (talk) 12:53, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Family album 

message: This was moved by cut and paste (by another user); I attempted to restore the page history by restoring the original versions and using the move tab. This does not to appear to have worked! If someone knows how to sort it out so that the complete page history reappears, please do so. Actually, I think I know why ... I shall try again. cheers Kbthompson (talk) 15:23, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, that's fixed it. Please don't move pages with cut and paste - it loses the associated history of the page. It is often better to actually discuss/or request moves if you're unsure what to do. In this case, I agree that this name is more correct. Kbthompson (talk) 15:31, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move 

message: Most sources say that "Keir Dullea, gone tomorrow" was a response to a journalist who asked him what it was like to work with Dullea in "Bunny Lake Is Missing", not some random party.  I will look for a notable citation and update the article.Slithymatt (talk) 16:28, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Then again, it might simply have been a mnemonic guide to the pronunciation of that actor's name. Honestly, why his agent didn't simply suggest standardising it as Qir DuLai, I'll never know. 213.123.239.30 (talk) 20:39, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Keir Dullea 

message: In "The Jerk" I believe the song "I'll See You Again" is sung during the scene where Navin's girlfriend leaves him. This could be put under the "Parodies and popular culture" section.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.76.149.194 (talk) 04:40, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "The Jerk" and "I'll See You Again" 

message: We say nothing about the fact that he was never taught music, but just seemed to have a natural gift for melody (in his own way).  It's definitely notable when a person who never had a lesson in his life suddenly starts writing musicals, and not half bad ones either.  I read that the only key he could play the piano in was E flat, and all his songs were in that key.  But this begs the question: he must have had collaborators in the writing and orchestration of his songs, so who were they?  --  JackofOz (talk) 00:21, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Musical training - lack thereof

message: I've added and altered the article substantially. Any previous editor whose contributions I have mucked about with is cordially and humbly invited to do the necessary. I am hoping to get the article up to a state where it can be nominated for GA status, but that will need a fair bit more research, addition and referencing. Tim riley (talk) 17:38, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revisions 

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with File:BLITHESP-box hires dvd.jpeg

message: Due to User:Tim riley's Yeoman work, I think the article is about ready for the GA review.  Tim, can you kindly de-link those play names that you think are unlikely to receive an article any time soon?  Also, there are still too many redlinks elsewhere in the article - can you de-link the ones are unlikely to receive an article?  Let me know if you have any other plans for the article before I nominate it for GA review.  Well done!  -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:56, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: So done. I'll create articles on the remaining red linked titles a.s.a.p. Tim riley (talk) 08:22, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

text: OK, now I think we're ready for GA review.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 07:16, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Ready for GA review?

message: There's a section in the Oscar Wilde article on Mr Wilde's political inclinations so I think there should be in this one. --Jupiter Optimus Maximus (talk) 21:35, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done - under Personal life section. Tim riley (talk) 22:16, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: What were his political views?

message: Hello, Modernist.  Why did you delete the image of the sculpture.  The artist contributed it to the article, and it is certainly relevant.  I see no rule that forbids our using it.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:49, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough....it's a long story, but I will let it be..Modernist (talk) 23:14, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Very pleased that the sculpture is back. Excellent to have an image of the mature Coward. Tim riley (talk) 18:50, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Image of sculpture

message: At present the references at the end are split into two sections - works by NC and works by anyone else. Is this a good thing? It makes it hard for the reader to follow up references to e.g. "Day, p. xyz" when Day's name is hidden away in the Coward section under the "Letters" entry. I'm minded to roll the lot together with editors' names taking precedence over the Master's where applicable. Any thoughts will be gratefully received. Tim riley (talk) 14:15, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: And while I'm at it - is it good to include in the "references" books to which no reference has been made in the text? There are several books by NC listed at present to which nothing in the article refers. Tim riley (talk) 14:19, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: I've rejigged wholesale to reflect the popularity of NC's songs as noted on the NC Society's website, using publishers' and PRS statistics. Only "World Weary" of those listed in the earlier draft has had to be removed. Tim riley (talk) 18:53, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That's excellent!  Can you add the citation (and name of songs, if not already there) to the articles for the shows whose songs are listed?  Ha!  Take that, 13th Amendment!  -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:03, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Coward, having been hit on the head with a tin tray by Humphrey Bogart's young son, unblinkingly told Bogart that his next birthday present to the child would be a chocolate-covered hand grenade. I can't imagine why this has just come into my mind! Tim riley (talk) 19:10, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Done for the top ten. I don't think it is all that notable to say that such-and-such is in the top 27, so have stopped at ten except where a show has songs in the top ten and also in the top 27. Tim riley (talk) 10:17, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

text: Thanks very much!  -- Ssilvers (talk) 14:34, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Songs 

message: [Copied from Peer review page] Here are a few more trifles:
Interwar success
*"He absorbed its smartness and pace into his own work, which brought him his first real success as a playwright with The Young Idea, which opened in London in 1923, after a provincial tour, with Coward in one of the leading roles." - This one might be too complex. I'd suggest breaking after "The Young Idea", and starting the next sentence with "The play opened... ".
::Done! -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:34, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done! -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:34, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done! -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:34, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

text: Done! -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:34, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: New comments from Finetooth

message: The earlier quote was indeed pithier, but I have been uneasy about it ever since I began interfering in this article: I find it difficult to believe that as knowledgeable a Londoner as Coward would have spoken of "Paddington Square", when there is no such place. Worthing, per contra, unquestionably exists. See The Importance of Being Earnest, Act 1. But I digress. Tim riley (talk) 19:39, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: But did he ever say the "still wants to marry me and I don't want to disappoint her" part?  That's a great quote....  -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:55, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sure I've seen such a quote ("Fitzroy Square" comes to mind) but I haven't yet tracked it down. Meanwhile I think we ought to settle for the verifiable Worthing variation. But I'll keep looking for the "wants to marry me" variant, which, as I say, I'm sure I've seen somewhere. Tim riley (talk) 20:22, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

text: I felt sure of it!  I felt sure of it!  You are a Gentleman and a Scholar. -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:23, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The earlier quote was pithier, and we should always take the pith. 203.129.49.238 (talk) 02:56, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paddington Square - v - Worthing 

message: So sorry - I wasn't logged in. The Lolita addition was by me. Tim riley (talk) 17:49, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lolita 

message: Well done, nice work..Modernist (talk) 18:26, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Congratulations

message: I have removed the 'atheist' category because Coward was not an atheist but an agnostic: "Do I believe in God? Well yes, I suppose, in a sort of way. It's really terribly hard to say" (Coward: Not Yet the Dodo, Heinemann 1967, p. 53) Tim riley (talk) 07:35, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religious views 

message: The format of the citations used in this article is inconsistent.  Some of them (many) appear to be MLA style (but use discontinued "p." and "pp." throughout); others are APA style or so-called Harvard style (using dates after authors' names).  It needs clean up and updating of its documentation format. --NYScholar (talk) 02:11, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree, and so did the reviewers at the recent FAC.   -- Ssilvers (talk) 02:48, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I suggest that you look at the inconsistencies more closely; I think that you just are not seeing them. One of the most recent editions of MLA style was actually put into practice (the Manual) in the MLA's own publications beg. in Jan. 2009 and the other (Handbook) was published after the FAC review date. --NYScholar (talk) 03:27, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Documentation format

message: i find the sentence "had little in common with the gay scene of later generations" a little odd. It could be taken to suggest that the gay scene of later generations was 1) homogenous and 2) overly concerned with certain types of sexual activity. Is this sentence really necessary? 90.11.220.169 (talk) 06:28, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This was an attempt to incorporate an earlier editor's contributions, and is of course open to improvement if you care to undertake it. Tim riley (talk) 10:44, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gay scene 

message: In the section "Critical reputation and legacy" there is a reference to the pop band "The Divine Comedy," a highly literary and successful British pop band. However, the link her does not go to the pop band, but to Dante's Divine Comedy. Sensibly the link should instead go to "Neil Hannon," the creative force behind the Divine Comedy.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.49.173.180 (talk) 05:11, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  incorrect link to "The Divine Comedy" 

message: Is his first name with 1 or 2 syllables? --Green Cardamom (talk) 23:52, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Two - which it would be with or without the diaeresis. The second syllable is more a neutral vowel than a clear 'e'. Tim riley (talk) 11:41, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "No-el" or "Nol" ? 

message: Today I found this article with the letter of Monty Python's Terry Jones. This letter was, as the author of the article says, sent to the organizers of the event created to celebrate 40 years of the first Monty Python's episode. Celebration took place in Pancevo, Serbia. 
In the letter, Terry Jones says that Monty Python's Flying Circus was created in Serbia "when six Oxford and Cambridge students gathered to raise a monument to Noël Coward. Endless debate on how should the sculpture look like and should it be raised in Vojvodina lasted until the morning, when the agreement was finally made to transform the debate into a TV sketch, but without mentioning writer's name..."
Magazine in which this article appeared is pretty serious one, but I couldn't find any other documents about this letter or the mention of roots of Monty Python. I should also note that in the letter, Terry says that students gathered "on a beautiful April day in the middle of June", which makes me wonder if this letter is joke or not.
Anyone has any data on this?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zorglub76 (talk • contribs) 14:43, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Noël Coward - Inspiration for Monty Python's Flying Circus? 

message: In John Masters' historical novel "By the Green of the Spring", Noel Coward is portrayed as the author of the bawdy poem The Ballad of Eskimo Nell. I have added a note about this in the Eskimo Nell article, but I would like to ask if anyone has come across another reference to this? It seems likely to be true, but some confirmation would be interesting. Patche99z (talk) 12:38, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Mr Masters was indulging in a spot of irony at the expense of his more credulous readers, I suspect. It would be difficult to imagine anyone less likely to have perpetrated such a crude work than Coward. You can rest assured that he did not write Eskimo Nell - there are at least five biographies/studies published which you can search: you will not find mention of that delicate ballad. (En passant, Masters's depiction of Coward in Paris in 1919 is historically impossible: Coward did not make his first journey outside the UK until 1920: see, e.g. Morley, p. 84 and Lesley p. 54) - Tim riley (talk) 18:09, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you - somehow I did not expect any clear references in the biogs etc, but it was worth asking. I guess that Masters was repeating a rumour current at some time between the wars, and got the location and/or date wrong. I do not find it impossible to imagine a first-class poet, with a strong sense of humour, writing a bawdy ballad, though, especially when he was young. Perhaps by "such a crude work" you mean poetically simple or naive? It would now be very difficult to disentangle the original from more recent additions, anyway, so it is impossible to know if it was up to Coward's standard. And I wonder if Masters ever met Coward. Patche99z (talk) 15:33, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eskimo Nell author? 

message: Someone added this: "Jonathan Cecil wrote of Coward in 2008: 'Noël Coward had at least three personae....'"  The quote seems correctly referenced, but I don't see what it adds to the article.  I would suggest deleting it.  Any thoughts?  -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:40, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I rather approve of it: it makes a sound point by alluding to Coward's different personae, not addressed in quite those terms elsewhere in the article. But it's in the wrong place, I think. It doesn't naturally follow the para above it or segue into the one following it. Unless you feel strongly that it isn't notable I'll look for a better slot for it to sit in. Not sure it needs the block quote treatment, though. - Tim riley (talk) 19:54, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: On careful reconsideration I agree with Ssilvers that the quote doesn't add enough to the article to justify its inclusion, and have accordingly deleted it. Tim riley (talk) 19:02, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Jonathan Cecil quote

message: User:Goomoo added two passages:
*In October, 1963, just prior to their Broadway openings, Coward was feted on the NBC-TV morning program, The Today Show, which devoted its entire two hours in saluting Coward's life and career as well as interviewing "The Master" himself. Also featured on the show were Beatrice Lillie, Sally Ann Howes, and Skitch Henderson and the NBC Orchestra performing several of Coward's songs. 
*That same year [1969?], Coward, along with his friends Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Tammy Grimes, and Brian Bedford (the latter two then appearing in the highly successful Broadway revival of Private Lives) were the guests on Dick Cavett's ABC late-night talk show. During this period, Coward also made three appearances on The David Frost Show.  
I have deleted these pending further discussion.  First of all, neither passage has a reference.  Goomoo, please see WP:V and WP:Reliable sources.  Secondly, are appearances on talk shows notable?  Celebrities promoting their shows appear on multiple talk shows quite frequently.  I'd like to hear what User:Tim riley has to say about this, but I think the information probably doesn't belong in this article.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:21, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The first might possibly be regarded as notable - I take it that devoting a whole 2-hour programme on the NBC channel to one subject was a rare honour? It would need a reference, of course, before being pasted back in (not to mention some copy-editing). The other two don't add much, if anything, to the article, I'd say. -- Tim riley (talk) 10:26, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: New materials

message: I don't see a reference to 'Don't Cha;, it's on you tube stating it was on the Las vegas album... It makes the rather in my humble opinion, unpleasant song Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha ft. Busta Rhymes almost a travesty of a cover. It must have been a music-producer-mashup ("Britney is having a difficult time, and we got desperate...". They say there is no account for taste... Exception perhaps makes the rule... even if it does feature Busta Rhymes.    —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.212.10.122 (talk) 08:22, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I have The Complete Lyrics of Noël Coward in front of me. There is no such song listed. The title is, in any case, most uncharacteristic of Coward. Cole Porter, perhaps. (Later: I have blown the dust off my copy of the Las Vegas Album, and it is not to be found there either.) – Tim riley (talk) 09:56, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Don't Cha?

message: : The sentences:
:: "Why", asked Coward, "am I always expected to wear a dressing-gown, smoke cigarettes in a long holder and say 'Darling, how wonderful'?"[127] The answer lay in Coward's assiduous cultivation of a carefully crafted image
: Read like an essay or magazine article and need to be changed. An FA article can be improve it isn't carved in stone. Duggy 1138 (talk) 21:47, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Reverted to agreed version, but if Duggy1138's version is preferred by a consensus of editors one will of course withdraw one's objection. Tim riley (talk) 22:45, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that an FA article can improve, but I don't see how Duggy's version would be an improvement - it seems to be just a drier way of saying the same thing.  I disagree that the current (FAC-approved) version improperly "reads like an essay or magazine article"; it's just a slightly livelier formulation.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:18, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: My version probably isn't great, it could do with improvement.  But we're not storytellers we're editing an encyclopedia. Livelier is not better. We're giving answers not asking questions for the reader and then answering them. Duggy 1138 (talk) 02:08, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion re: Coward Image

message: An editor has added a reference to and anecdote about Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother to the section dealing with Coward's close women friends. None of the main biographical sources support the supposition that the Queen Mother was among Coward's close friends, and I think this addition is inappropriate. Grateful for the views of other interested editors. Tim riley (talk) 13:00, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: If you are dubious about the Blaikie book, Tim riley, I would remove the anecdote until it can be verified by another independent source.  It seems rather gossipy on its face....  -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:12, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It isn't so much that I doubt the veracity of the story: it's that IMO the Queen Mother ought not to be listed as one of Coward's close friends. (Though now you mention it, one does wonder where the story came from if she "murmured" something to him: no third party witness and it's inconceivable that HM or Coward would retell the story.) Tim riley (talk) 10:16, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Queen Mother 

message: Looking at the edit page pursuant to recent discussions I see that various methods of citation have crept in leaving the referencing internally inconsistent. Some refs (e.g. 112 and 131) lack page numbers; a few books are given their bibliographical details within the notes rather than under the "References" list; some refs (e.g. 23) lack citations of any kind; recordings could do with OCLC numbers; the citation style for the Noël Coward Society is inconsistent, and so on. Would anyone mind if I tidied up and generally rationalised the refs and notes? It's a long time since Ssilvers and I took the article to FAC (March 2009) and I think a little repair and maintenance wouldn't go amiss. – Tim riley (talk) 10:07, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: By all means!  Thanks, Tim riley, for taking care of this important maintenance.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 14:05, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Please cast an eye over it when you have time, and check that I haven't missed anything or mucked anything up. Tim riley (talk) 16:14, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: "Between 1929 and 1936, Coward recorded many of his best-known songs for His Master's Voice (HMV), now reissued on CD"
:Given the interest in recordings is it possible to pin down in the article the first recording by anyone of any of his songs and the first recording by Coward himself? In ictu oculi (talk) 03:09, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't recall seeing this information when researching the article back in 2008 and 2009, but there would be no harm in adding it if it came to light. The young Coward would surely have felt these two small milestones to be advances in his career. I'll keep an eye open for the info when next browsing in my Coward books.  Tim riley (talk) 10:18, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: First recording

message: A recent (and relevant) addition to the main biography section makes me think that to aid the smooth flow of the narrative we should perhaps collect all the honours and awards in a separate section as we do for many other biographical FAs. Views, please. I'll do the necessary, if nobody objects to the idea. Tim riley talk  17:18, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that is a good idea.  Thanks. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:00, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Honours and awards section?