East Anglia (UEA). At UEA, he conducted research, including one regarding group singing and its beneficial effects against depression and anxiety; the findings were published in the academic journal Medical Humanities. In July 2018 Shakespeare was elected a Fellow of the British Academy. Shakespeare was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to disability research. Personal life In 2002 Shakespeare married dancer and disability rights campaigner Caroline Bowditch. By 2010 he had split with his wife and he lived in Geneva with his partner, Alana. He has two children, both of whom also have achondroplasia; his daughter Ivy is a social worker, and his son Robert is a civil servant. His first grandchild was born in 2020. Owing to a spinal cord injury in 2008, Shakespeare mainly uses a wheelchair, but with physiotherapy had regained the ability to walk with leg splints and cane. In 2016 he featured on the ITV show 500 Questions, winning £14,000 by answering 42 out of 50 questions. He received a standing ovation for his efforts. His father's maternal half-brother was Conservative politician Sir Nigel Fisher. Arms References External links Personal website UEA website 1966 births Living people People educated at Radley College Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Academics of Newcastle University Academics of the University of Sunderland Academics of the University of East Anglia English sociologists Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom English Quakers People with dwarfism Contestants on British game shows English people with disabilities English people of Sri Lankan descent Fellows of the British Academy Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Scientists with disabilities