New year honours: what they said

"I've had a career I could never have imagined. Shinty has been good to me"Shinty star Ronald Ross

"It's a great thrill to be given an honour like this - I'm gobsmacked"

Folk singer Dougie MacLean

"It has been a privilege to serve and assist the development of healthcare" Professor Lewis Ritchie, knighted

"Either I've done something terribly right - or they've done something terribly wrong"

Singer/AIDS activist Annie Lennox

"It's great to be recognised for doing something you love"

Painter John Lowrie Morrison