Spotlight
Novelist Robert Harris has won Give a Book’s The Pleasure of Reading Prize for 2025, worth £10,000. The prize money is shared between the winning author and a charitable Give a Book project of the winner’s choice, often a prison, school or another project where reading for pleasure can "teach, inspire, and change lives". The Pleasure of Reading Prize is sponsored by Bloomsbury Publishing and supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation.
The Inamori Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2025 Kyoto Prize, often referred to as Japan's equivalent to the Nobel Prize, recognising transformative achievements in the fields of Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, and Arts and Philosophy. The Blavatnik School of Government will welcome the laureates in 2026 as part of the Kyoto Prize at Oxford, which unites world-class thinkers with future policymakers in a unique celebration of the breakthroughs which shape a better world. The Kyoto Prize Laureates for 2025 include Shun-ichi Amari, Azim Surani, and Carol Gilligan.
Discover inspiration and spark your creativity with The English Home's curated list of the top art exhibitions, antiques shows, and more currently happening in the UK. This month, the list highlights must-see exhibitions and events, including two supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation: English Heritage's landmark exhibition at Kenwood in Hampstead, titled Heiress: Sargent’s American Portraits, and Dress Codes at Kensington Palace.
Ken Burns’s latest documentary series, “The American Revolution,” doesn’t start airing for another five months. It debuts on PBS Nov. 16. Burns produced and directed the documentary with Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt. They’ve variously collaborated with Burns on several previous projects, including “Benjamin Franklin,” “The US and the Holocaust” (both 2022), and “The Vietnam War” (2017). Two snippets from the documentary are now available for viewing online. The first clip arrived in April, tied to the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. The new one was released this week, for the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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