a Knighthood in the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours and has received honorary doctorates from The Queen's University of Belfast, The Open University and the University of Ulster. He is also a Member of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA). Works A New Life (2008) A Tragedy of Errors (2007) We will remember them (1998) Stormont in Crisis, a memoir (1994) "The BBC at the Watershed" (2008) See also Northern Ireland Civil Service Royal Belfast Academical Institution References External links Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains Official Website Living people 1931 births Civil servants from Northern Ireland Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Alumni of St Peter's College, Oxford BBC people Honorary Fellows of St Peter's College, Oxford People educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution Members of the Royal Irish Academy People of The Troubles (Northern Ireland) Heads of the Northern Ireland Civil Service