1984, Hume nominated Jimmy Savile as a member of the Athenaeum, a gentlemen's club in London's Pall Mall. Following the posthumous revelation of Savile's repeated sexual abuse of minors, members of the club have criticised Hume's nomination of him for causing embarrassment to the club. Legacy Hume was regularly named Britain's most popular religious figure in opinion polls and this was attributed by some to the great humility and warmth with which he treated everyone he met, regardless of their religion or background. A statue of Hume was erected in his home town of Newcastle and unveiled by the Queen in 2002. The Cardinal Hume Centre based in Westminster works to improve the lives of homeless young people, families and other vulnerable and socially excluded members of society. The Cardinal Hume Rose is named after him. Cardinal Hume Catholic School has been opened in Beacon Lough, part of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. It replaces the ageing St Edmund Campion School and accommodates over 1,000 students. The Hume Theatre of St Mary's Catholic School, Bishop's Stortford, is named after him. He opened it a few years before he died. The Hume building of St. Mary's Menston school, opened in 2001, is named after him. The Basil Hume Scholarship is a set of scholarships awarded to new pupils at Ampleforth College. Writings 1997: Basil in Blunderland. London: Darton, Longman and Todd He also wrote To Be a Pilgrim, Searching for God, The Mystery of Love and Footprints of the Northern Saints. Orders, medals and decorations National orders : Order of Merit Foreign orders : Order pro merito Melitensi Other Member of the Athenaeum Club, London Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910) See also Anthony Howard, author of "Basil Hume, the monk cardinal", Headline, 2005 (). Westminster Cathedral References 1923 births 1999 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the United Kingdom Alumni of St Benet's Hall, Oxford Roman Catholic archbishops of Westminster English Benedictines English abbots Deaths from cancer in England 20th-century British cardinals English people of French descent English people of Scottish descent Members of the Order of Merit People educated at Ampleforth College People from Newcastle upon Tyne Cardinals created by Pope Paul VI Benedictine abbots Benedictine bishops Benedictine cardinals Burials at Westminster Cathedral Recipients of the Order pro Merito Melitensi Recipients of the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910)