David Gilmour has been announced as amongst a diverse number of luminaries from Cambridge who are to receive honorary degrees from Anglia Ruskin University. In the list revealed by the university yesterday (October 12th) David was joined by others such as army general Sir Richard Dannatt and comedian Lee Evans. David is a former student of the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, which preceeded Anglia Ruskin University.

David will be made an Honorary Doctor of Arts at a ceremony to be held at Cambridge Corn Exchange on November 11th. Anglia Ruskin (which was one of the sites used in last year's City Wakes Syd Barrett Festival) said that it recognises his "outstanding contribution to music as a writer, performer and innovator".

Our congratulations to David for this award and recognition!