Awards and Honours

Awards and Honours

Harry Kane favourite as Ballon d'Or comes to London on Monday

The ceremony is being held outside France for the first time, and Villa's Unai Emery is up for coach of the year.

24 October 2026 · Source: The Guardian

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Helen Fielding launches Bridget Jones prize for northern comedy writing

Unpublished writers in the north of England can win £2,000 for 1,000 funny words, judged by the creator of Bridget Jones.

23 October 2026 · Source: The Guardian

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Raye wins the 2026 Mercury Prize

The singer's big-band album This Music May Contain Hope beat Paul McCartney, Olivia Dean and Florence + The Machine to the £25,000 award in Newcastle.

23 October 2026 · Source: The Guardian

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French prize launched for novels written with the help of AI

The Prix Pascal will publish the best French-language manuscript co-written with ChatGPT, Claude or other AI tools, after a year of rows over AI and literary awards.

22 October 2026 · Source: The Guardian

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Loznitsa's Imperium wins best film at the London Film Festival

The documentary about Soviet life in the 1970s took the top prize as the 70th festival closed, with awards also for films from Thailand, Jordan and Britain.

20 October 2026 · Source: BFI

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Mercury Prize winner to be named on Thursday

Paul McCartney, Olivia Dean, Raye and Florence + The Machine are among the nominees for the album award in Newcastle.

19 October 2026 · Source: Euronews

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All ten Royal Marines Victoria Crosses to go on show together

The medals, never before displayed side by side, will be at the heart of a new £15m museum in Portsmouth opening on 24 October.

18 October 2026 · Source: The Guardian

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Woman who saved a stranger's life receives Royal Humane Society award

Former ambulance call handler Rachel Green gave CPR and used a defibrillator after a 75-year-old collapsed while walking his dogs.

17 October 2026 · Source: BBC News

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Croydon council housing wins the RIBA Stirling Prize

Lion Green Road in Coulsdon, with 157 homes in five brick blocks, took Britain's top architecture award in its 30th year.

16 October 2026 · Source: Royal Institute of British Architects

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Birmingham's Marverine Cole named Beverage Professional of the Year

The beer writer and broadcaster, one of the UK's first accredited female beer sommeliers, won at the Be Inclusive Hospitality awards.

15 October 2026 · Source: British Guild of Beer Writers