knighthood

Famously, his contemporaries at Barnsley Cricket Club were Sir Michael Parkinson and Sir Geoffrey Boycott, long before fame and knighthoods came their way.

Time magazine named him its Person of the Year for 2001, and Queen Elizabeth II presented him with an honorary knighthood.

Sir Gary Oldman — he received a British knighthood in King Charles’ June birthday honors list — appears on Zoom at his home in Palm Springs in front of a display of his own black-and-white photographs.

There had been accusations of unfairness about specific gaps, such as the lack of any knighthoods for rugby league, unlike rugby union and other sports where former stars had been knighted.

It would be easy to present Goodwin, who was stripped of his knighthood but retained his pension, as a pantomime villain.