July 2025 Fellows' update: Kathy Hall
Kathy Hall supported UK performances by visiting Kunqu Opera artist Chen Rui in May and returned to the stage herself in July at a Peking Opera singing session in Wimbledon.
By Kathy Hall,
Graeme Lawson’s (CF 1983) book Sound Tracks has been shortlisted for the 2025 British Academy Book Prize, making the final six out of 260 submissions. The winner will be announced on 22 October.
The book’s German translation, published in May by Piper (Munich), has already gone to a second impression and has been nominated for the annual book prize of the German science magazine Bild der Wissenschaft. It has received positive reviews in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Frankfurter Rundschau. An Italian translation was published in February by Garzanti (Milan).
More details on the British Academy shortlist are available on their website.
Kathy Hall supported UK performances by visiting Kunqu Opera artist Chen Rui in May and returned to the stage herself in July at a Peking Opera singing session in Wimbledon.
By Kathy Hall,
Roger Smith (CF 2008) exhibited a painting during Oxfordshire Art Weeks inspired by his Churchill Fellowship on Camera Obscuras.
By Roger Smith,
Tony Thompson (CF 2012) is co-directing CORNWALLIS CLOTH, a new immersive film installation commissioned by the IWM 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund.
By Tony Thompson,
Nick Aitken (CF 2001) has published two books on drystone walling.
By Nick Aitken,