Dr Peter Forrest Historian Extraordinaire

Few things make my blood boil more the the crass and indifferent manner in which our universities hand out honorary doctorates to notary publics.

These doctorates are not earned through any academic effort but conferred because recipients are deemed to be important people.

The awarding of an Honorary Doctorate to Peter Forrest is an exception, for this man and his partner have spent decades researching and writing about NT History.

The amount of research Dr Forrest has done would, in terms of time devoted to study and pages written, be the equivalent of several PhDs.

I am glad he has been honoured.