May to finish PhD

Brian May is to finish off the PhD he abandoned in 1971 when he joined Queen - and is planning a sojourn in the Canary Islands to study the stars for it. The guitarist will work at the Roque de Los Muchachos observatory on La Palma for a few days to study dust clouds, as part of his thesis for the qualification from Imperial College London. May, now 60, recently published a book on astronomy, co-written with Sky At Night presenter Patrick Moore.