When they heard that their arch rivals at Oxford University were getting themselves a highly influential figure of British comedy, namely Armando Iannucci, as a guest lecturer, the powers that be at Cambridge must have felt a little left out.

Which in our cynical little world must be the reason that comedian / actor / director / presenter / writer / uber-multi-talented comedy figure Stephen Fry will be presented with an honourary doctorate from Cambidge University next tuesday.

Fry was educated at Cambidge himself and was a member of the famous Cambridge Footlights comedy group who won the coveted Perrier award in 1981.