LIVERPOOL’S head of culture, Claire McColgan, has received her MBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
The 39-year-old was awarded the accolade in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in June for her role – alongside fellow MBE recipient Fiona Gasper – in drawing together the successful Capital of Culture programme after the shock departure of artistic director Robyn Archer.
She was presented with the gong, which makes her a Member of the Order of the British Empire, during a ceremony in London.
Ms McColgan, from south Liverpool, who heads the city council’s culture department, was joined at the palace by her parents, partner and her two children.
Among others receiving accolades yesterday were former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, who was knighted, Vidal Sassoon (CBE) and cricketer Graeme Hick (MBE).
