Narges Mohammadi: 2023 Nobel peace laureate on hunger strike after being denied medical treatment over hijab ban: Narges Mohammadi, the recipient of the 2023 Nobel peace prize for her long fight against the oppression of women in Iran, is reported to have started a hunger strike. Her family told CNN this week that she began …
Becoming a Nobel laureate: Louis Brus on his discovery of quantum dots – podcast: Imagine a particle so small that it’s the same relative size to a football as that ball is to the planet Earth. That’s the size of a quantum dot – a type of nanocrystal that changes colour depending on its size, …
How we hired 2023 Nobel laureate Anne L’Huillier – and why we knew she was destined for greatness: L'Huillier and her husband at the Nobel prize celebration in Lund. Sune Svanberg, CC BY-SA Most of the atomic physics division at Lund University were assembled in a spacious room with a big screen to await the …
Edwin Morgan: remembering Scotland’s first poet laureate at 100: Grey over Riddrie the clouds piled up, dragged their rain through the cemetery trees. The gates shone cold. Wind rose flaring the hissing leaves, the branches swung, heavy, across the lamps. From King Billy (1963) Why do we remember particular poems and poets – and happily …
A tribute to Keorapetse Kgositsile, South Africa’s only poet laureate: Renowned South African poet and liberation struggle hero Keorapetse Kgositsile. Sunday World/ Tshepo Kekana Memories of Keorapetse Kgositsile (1938-2017), or Bra Willie, as he was affectionately known, are of a poet who always had a smile on his face, who exuded gentleness, and was soft-spoken. …
South Africa in the news: Dedication to Keorapetse Kgositsile – South Africa’s National Poet Laureate Dies at 79: Prof Kgositsile was inaugurated as South Africa’s National Poet Laureate in 2006 and was a member of SA’s Arts & Culture’s Living Legends Legacy Programme. He was one of the first members of the African National Congress …
South Africa in the news: Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu celebrates 85th birthday: JOHANNESBURG – Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu, who has had health problems recently, is celebrating his 85th birthday in South Africa. President Jacob Zuma marked Tutu’s birthday on Friday, saying the former archbishop made big contributions to South …: “South Africa” – BingNews Australia …
South Africa in the news: Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu celebrates 85th birthday: JOHANNESBURG – Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu, who has had health problems recently, is celebrating his 85th birthday in South Africa. President Jacob Zuma marked Tutu’s birthday on Friday, saying the former archbishop made big contributions to South …: “South Africa” – BingNews India …