doctor, doctor - vasily petrenko and jude kelly are honoured by liverpool university

It's the second honorary doctorate for Petrenko this year, following one from Liverpool Hope in the spring.
Please feel free to post your doctor, doctor jokes here (clean ones only though - this is a family blog) and I'll pass them on! He tells me he's heard a few already......
I had a chat with Jude Kelly about her honour, but it came too late for yesterday's Echo although what she said should be included in the online version.
For those of you who haven't read it, I think it bears repeating here.
Ironically, although she went to Birmingham (one of only four universities in the country to offer a drama course in the mid-1970s), Jude does have a connection with Liverpool Uni - she used to work in the Augustus John Uni bar in the holidays to earn some cash!
She told me: "It's lovely to get this honour from your home town.
"Liverpool University has such a fantastic reputation and has produced so many people I admire."
And she had a thing or two to say about Capital of Culture too.
Jude, who is currently the chairman of the group planning for the cultural and educational dimensions of the London Olympic Games in 2012, founded arts organisation Metal in Liverpool and often comes "home"
She said she was "tremendously excited and heartened" at how Liverpool creates "interesting, edgy art" and spoke about how the city had regenerated and the continuation of that artistic vision.
Of course, that brings us back around to the RLPO which is firmly part of that vision.
So academic hats off to Jude Kelly and Vasily Petrenko on Tuesday - and don't forget the chorus of Happy Birthday. In four parts please.....