Mary Perkins running PR. She has admitted donning disguises and visiting Specsavers stores, posing as a customer. Perkins was made an honorary fellow of Cardiff University in 2005. The same year she received the "Rotary International Community and Vocational Service Award" for her services to charity and in 2006 won the inaugural Spirit of everywoman Award. Perkins was the first female optician in the UK to receive the title of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2007. The accolade was also in recognition of her other charitable work, including the Guernsey annual "Specsavers Liberation Tea Dance for
Upside Down: The Best of The Jesus and Mary Chain gothic pop stars to rock’n’roll class act. Instead it darts between eras and demonstrates the breadth of their career." Robert Spellman of "Daily Express" described the album as "a useful 44-track gathering of JAMC material spanning the Reid brothers' recording output from 1984 to 2008." Upside Down: The Best of The Jesus and Mary Chain Upside Down: The Best of The Jesus and Mary Chain is a greatest hits album by Scottish alternative rock band, The Jesus and Mary Chain. It was released on 27 September 2010 via Music Club Deluxe. The album contains various key tracks from the band's