The New Year's Honours List made public late Friday revealed that Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and Barry Gibb, the oldest and last surviving of the brothers who made up the pop group the Bee Gees, have been tapped as knights. Bee Gee's co-founder Barry Gibb acknowledged his brothers for their contributions to the band's success. 'Sir Joey the war horse'English author Michael Morpurgo, 74, says he is giving his knighthood to Joey, the fictional horse at the centre of his book and play War Horse. The story, set at the start of the First World War, chronicles the friendship between a young boy and his horse, Joey. Morpurgo is being knighted for his charitable works as well as for his writing, but he says the honour is really about War Horse and the impact of the production staged by the National Theatre.

Source: CBC News December 30, 2017 14:48 UTC