Kate Bush joins elite fellowship of songwriters

KATE BUSH has been made a fellow of The Ivors Academy for songwriters and composers.

The singersongwriter, inset, famed for songs including Hounds of Love and Wuthering Heights, joins a roster that includes Annie Lennox, Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John.

The 62- year- old also received a special award depicting Euterpe, the ancient Greek muse of lyric poetry. This is the 20th fellowship the academy has awarded in its 76- year history. She said: “I feel really honoured to be given this fellowship by The Ivors Academy. It means so very much to me.”

Bush found fame aged 19 after her song Wuthering Heights, inspired by Emily Brontë’s novel, was a hit in 1978.