Hall received an honorary doctorate of Literature (Hon DLit) from Goldsmiths, University of London, and subsequently was elected an Honorary Fellow of Keble College, Oxford. The Chartered Management Institute awarded him the 2010 Gold Medal Award for outstanding achievement. City University elected him an Honorary Visiting Fellow of Journalism in 2012, and he has been a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers since 1985. More recently, Hall received an honorary degree from Birmingham City University in January 2017 and honorary doctorate from City University in January 2018. Bibliography Hall has written: King Coal: Miners, Coal and Britain's Industrial Future (Penguin Books, 1981) Nuclear Politics: The History of Nuclear Power in Britain (Penguin Books, 1986). Personal life He is married to Cynthia Hall, who was formerly headmistress of the School of St Helen and St Katharine and then of Wycombe Abbey, both girls' schools, and president of the Girls’ Schools Association. They have two children. References External links Official biography at About the BBC Profile on UK Parliament site Profile by Debretts Parliamentary voting record Profile of Tony Hall by Tash Shifrin, The Guardian, 24 September 2003 Interview by Henry Chu, "How Tony Hall Turned Around the BBC", Variety, 14 December 2016 2005 recorded BBC interview "...bringing opera to the people?" 2002 recorded BBC interview with regard to ROH and public funding 2001 article on taking the ROH job The Opus Arte website Debretts People of Today entry BBC Declaration of Personal Interests 1951 births Living people Alumni of Keble College, Oxford BBC Board members BBC executives BBC radio producers British television executives Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Crossbench life peers European Broadcasting Union Fellows of Keble College, Oxford Fellows of King's College London Opera managers People educated at Birkenhead School People educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham People from Birkenhead People from Cheshire People's peers Royal Opera House Life peers created by Elizabeth II