Goldsmiths University to award PJ Harvey with Honorary Degree

In the past three years, PJ Harvey has picked up the Mercury Prize and an MBE. Next in line of accolades is an honorary degree from Goldsmiths University.

She’s set to receive the award of recognition from the London institution on 10th September. She’ll be joined by architect Dame Zaha Hadid, journalist Neal Ascherson, poet George Szirtes and human rights activist Peter Tatchell.

Liz Bromley, Registrar and Secretary of Goldsmiths, said: “Our honorands this year are a remarkable group of people. They have changed communities through their inspiring architectural designs. They have pointed out the ridiculous in the news and made us laugh. They have inspired us with their words, their music, and their art. They have fought for our rights. And they have helped us to understand who we are now by looking to the past.”

PJ Harvey’s last album was 2011’s ‘Let England Shake’.