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Doctorate awarded to elder for 50 years teaching 'any child to read'
By Charles Rushforth
After a career spanning half a century, Aunty Ruth Simms has been posthumously acknowledged as a Doctor of Letters.
#IndigenousAustralians #EducationPolicy #AwardsandPrizes #Education #CharlesRushforth
They asked for 80 homes – she gave them 157! Council-housing miracle named Britain’s best new building
By Oliver Wainwright
Rising from bluebell woodlands and framed by rolling hills, this cluster of pink and brown brick towers in Croydon is a bittersweet winner of the prestigious RIBA Stirling prize
#Architecture #Stirlingprize #Socialhousing #TheRIBA #Culture #Artanddesign #London #Communities #Housing #Design #Awardsandprizes #Society #UKnews #TheGuardian #OliverWainwright
Story of young woman accused of witchcraft wins $100,000 book award
By Hannah Story
Bernice Barry felt different growing up. She gifted that difficult experience to the protagonist of her book, The Names of a Hare, which just won the ARA Historical Novel Prize.
#AwardsandPrizes #Books #Fiction #Novel #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #HannahStory
Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay reflects on career forged under apartheid
By Annabel Bowles and Sally Sara
In her first Australian interview since winning the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, Navanethem "Navi" Pillay reflects on growing up in a segregated South Africa, her trailblazing career as a judge, and Trump's "pathetic" criticisms of her.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-15/nobel-peace-prize-winner-navi-pillay-interview/107255774
#AwardsandPrizes #InternationalLaw #AnnabelBowles #SallySara
Jessie Buckley urges film industry to nurture new talent: ‘It would be completely selfish if we didn’t’
By Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
The actor was speaking at the BFI and Chanel film-maker awards, where winners included films exploring political protest, racial profiling, female solidarity and family trauma
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/14/jessie-buckley-film-industry-new-talent
#Film #Awardsandprizes #JessieBuckley #Culture #Filmindustry #BFI #TheGuardian #NadiaKhomamiArts #culturecorrespondent
Breaking: Michelin Guide dishes out first Australian stars to array of SA restaurants
A spread of South Australian restaurants has achieved distinguished culinary honours by becoming the first in the nation to receive stars from world-renowned guide Michelin.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-14/michelin-star-ceremony-sa-restaurants/107266846