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The award-winning actor was among nine recipients to receive the honour at a ceremony held at the university.

The actor and comedian probes complex questions around integration with guests. Plus: Amol Rajan interviews tennis star Billie Jean King. Here’s what to watch this evening

Our parents were heroes who wanted us to fit in, but eventually I came to value my own identity, says actor and comedian Lenny Henry

Lenny Henry was right to raise the lack of diversity at these events, says journalist and musician Stephanie Phillips

By the end of this century, the slang I grew up speaking in my little pocket of inner-London with my mates will be the dominant dialect of Britain. According to Matt Gardner, a professor of linguistics at Oxford, Multicultural London English (MLE), will eventually rule the roost. MLE is a…

Lenny Henry has suggested there is often a lack of diversity in the crowd at festivals, with him mentioning Glastonbury Festival - which returns to Worthy Farm later this month

His comment comes as Glastonbury’s co-organiser Emily Eavis remarked that Stormzy becoming the festival’s first black solo British headliner in 2019 was ‘a little bit late’

Actor and entertainer says festivals an area of British life where proper integration still missing

The show features performances from big names including Lenny Henry and Christopher Eccleston. Sara Wallis writes that Cole Martin even steals the show from bigger names in the cast

Comedian Lenny Henry was stunned

Fellow guest Lenny Henry was left stunned when she revealed it