Richard Pennycuick ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>Some knights always insist on signing themselves Sir. I remember Sir
>Adrian Boult would occasionally write to Gramophone, but he never used
>his title. I suspect Vernon Handley is cast in the same mould. And I
>still don't know why he's known as Tod.
And Vaughan Williams (and Britten?) turned one down.
Deryk Barker
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