{"id":44249,"date":"2026-09-23T07:06:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T06:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/?p=44249"},"modified":"2026-09-23T07:06:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T06:06:43","slug":"bbc-introducing-toyahs-doctorate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/bbc-introducing-toyahs-doctorate\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Introducing: Toyah&#8217;s Doctorate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p0pbwb9y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p0pbwb9y noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-44254 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bbcintro26b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"56\" \/><\/a>Toyah: My doctorate, AI and days out in Pershore<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of Worcestershire&#8217;s most successful musical exports, Toyah Willcox, has been recognised with an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Worcester.<\/p>\n<p>From chart hits including It&#8217;s a Mystery, Thunder in the Mountains and I Want To Be Free, to acting, broadcasting and her hugely successful Sunday Lunch videos with husband Robert Fripp, the Pershore musician&#8217;s career has spanned nearly five decades.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, she joined graduates to receive the honour &#8211; and to offer some advice to the next generation of creatives, with BBC Hereford and Worcester&#8217;s Adelle Davies at Worcester Cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Listen at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p0pbwb9y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BBC Sounds<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p0pbwb9y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p0pbwb9y noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44250 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bbcintro26a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bbcintro26a.jpg 600w, https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bbcintro26a-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toyah: My doctorate, AI and days out in Pershore One of Worcestershire&#8217;s most successful musical exports, Toyah Willcox, has been recognised with an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Worcester. From chart hits including It&#8217;s a Mystery, Thunder in the Mountains and I Want To Be Free, to acting, broadcasting and her hugely successful Sunday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,45],"tags":[3537,3522],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44249"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44249"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44255,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44249\/revisions\/44255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}