Honorary Doctorate awarded by Paisley’s uni is Perfect for Eddi

A Brit Award winner has received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) for her contribution to music and the arts.

- TAYLOR MURRAY

Sadenia Reader MBE, best known as Eddi, was presented with the accolade at the university's winter graduation ceremony at the historic Paisley Abbey on Tuesday.

She joined hundreds of graduating students celebrating their achievements.

Born and raised in Glasgow until she was 16, she spent her late teenage years in Irvine, North Ayrshire.

Eddi began performing at a young age - using music as a way to connect with others through busking and appearances in local folk clubs.

Her career has spanned genres and decades, from her early work with post-punk band Gang of Four and singing with Annie Lennox while touring with the Eurythmics to international success with Fairground Attraction, whose chart-topping single Perfect and debut album First of a Million Kisses became defining hits of the late 1980s.