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Claire Curtis, MML NC 2001, was nominated by Clyde & Co and short-listed for the LawWorks’ national award of Best Contribution by an Individual 2016. For nearly five years Claire has been involved in…
Sarah Milroy (NC 1980) is the curator of the forthcoming Vanessa Bell exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery. The show has been co-curated with Ian Dejardin, Sackler Director of Dulwich Picture Gallery. This is the…
A Newnham poet who has power to ‘comfort and astonish’ readers is to be awarded The Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, Buckingham Palace has announced. Gillian Allnutt (NC 1968) will receive the 2016 medal,which…
Lexy Wood (NC 2015) on why her love of rowing has led her to want to trek through the arctic Ever since my year at Newnham College, where I was lucky enough to be…
The joint estate of Barbara Bain (NC 1936) and her husband Walter (Jesus College) was divided this summer after the couple decided to remember their respective Colleges in their wills. The 1936 Register that…
Newnham is known for its strong literary heritage and it is now being celebrated with a series of NewnhamWrites interviews. Newnhamite author Amna Boheim (NC 1995) has launched a dedicated Q&A section on her…
Rachel Cochrane (NC 2010) has collaborated with editors of The Emma Press, annotating a book of children’s poetry ‘Watcher of the Skies: Poems about Space and Aliens’, publishing 1st October 2016. Rachel’s annotations help…
A Newnhamite who champions the cause of female scientists around the world has been named as the president of an organisation which supports and unites women. Professor Jennifer Thomson (NC 1968) will lead The…
A teacher who brought together the descendants of prisoners of war to help foster relations between Japan and the UK has been honoured with a prestigious award. Mary-Grace Browning MBE, a Japanese teacher at Bury’s St…
Journalist Joan Bakewell will receive this year’s Sandford St Martin Trustees’ Award at Lambeth Palace in recognition her outstanding commitment to religious and ethical broadcasting over six decades. Baroness Joan Bakewell DBE, Newnham alumna…