[Entertainment] Alison Moyet: Singer graduates with degree in fine art printmaking aged 62

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Alison Moyet won best female solo artist at the Brit Awards twice in the 1980sBy Paul GlynnEntertainment & arts reporterSinger Alison Moyet has thanked teachers at the University of Brighton after graduating with a first class degree in fine art printmaking.Moyet was one half of the 1980s pop duo Yazoo and enjoyed further chart success as a solo singer in the 1980s with songs such as Is This Love?The 62-year-old shared a picture in her cap and gown noting how the achievement had come "a bit late doors".She previously said printmaking had been her ambition before pop music.This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on TwitterThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.Skip twitter post by Alison MoyetAllow Twitter content?This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using

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[Entertainment] Alison Moyet: Singer graduates with degree in fine art printmaking aged 62

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Alison Moyet won best female solo artist at the Brit Awards twice in the 1980s

By Paul Glynn

Entertainment & arts reporter

Singer Alison Moyet has thanked teachers at the University of Brighton after graduating with a first class degree in fine art printmaking.

Moyet was one half of the 1980s pop duo Yazoo and enjoyed further chart success as a solo singer in the 1980s with songs such as Is This Love?

The 62-year-old shared a picture in her cap and gown noting how the achievement had come "a bit late doors".

She previously said printmaking had been her ambition before pop music.

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"Aged 16 I wanted to be a printer like my father, my grandfather and his father before him," she tweeted. last month.

"I was met with a 'No. Closed Shop. No women'."

"[I'm] 62 this month and I've just completed my first degree," she continued. "Fine Art Printmaking. Born to make a mess and learnt to clean it up."

Essex-born Moyet, known for her soulful, bluesy singing voice on tracks such as Invisible and All Cried Out, was made an MBE for services to music by the Princess Royal at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle last year.

She is not the only star to latterly swap the hit-making studio for the lecture hall, as her fellow Brit Award-winner Adele announced last year she intended to study for an English Literature degree once her 2022-2023 Las Vegas residency was complete.

"After Vegas I want to get a degree in English Literature", she said during a Q&A session with fans in Los Angeles. "If I hadn't made it singing, I think I would be an English Lit teacher."

"I definitely think I use my passion for English lit in what I do," she added. "I wish I'd gone to university and had that experience, but I will do it online with a tutor.

"That's my plan for 2025, just to get the qualification".