Judith Weir her appointment as the Master of the Queen's Music, succeeding Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (whose term of office expired in March 2014), would be announced; this was officially confirmed on 21 July. In May 2015, Weir won The Ivors Classical Music Award at the Ivor Novello Awards. Weir is a member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians. In 2018 she was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Weir's musical language is fairly conservative, with a "knack of making simple musical ideas appear freshly mysterious." Her first stage work, "The Black Spider", was a one-act opera which
Spencer Weir-Daley in their League One play-off semi-final first leg. Which proved to be his final appearance for Nottingham Forest as he did not feature in the second Leg in which they were beaten 5-2 at the City Ground. Weir-Daley later rejected a one-year contract offer stating his pursuit of regular football the reason. He made 11 appearances in total for Forest scoring two goals. Weir-Daley rejected interest from Bradford to sign a two-year deal with Notts County. Weir-Daley became the first Notts County striker to score in the 2007–08 season (including pre season), when he scored in his third start of