Awards and Honours

Awards and Honours

Booker Prize shortlist sets up a November decision

Birmingham's Luke Kennard is among six authors in contention for the 50,000 pound prize.

28 September 2026 · Source: NPR

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Mercury Prize countdown begins for album of the year

The winner will be revealed on 22 October at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle.

28 September 2026 · Source: Mercury Prize

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Stirling Prize shortlist marks thirty years of the award

Six buildings compete for the UK's top architecture prize, to be decided on 15 October.

28 September 2026 · Source: RIBA

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Matthew Rhys makes Emmy history

The Welsh actor is the first man to win two lead acting Emmys in the same year.

28 September 2026 · Source: Deadline

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Ig Nobel Prizes reward research on kissing, candy and urinals

The 36th ceremony, held in Zurich, honoured science that makes people laugh, then think.

27 September 2026 · Source: CNN

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La Bola Negra wins TIFF's People's Choice Award

It is the first Netflix film to win the Toronto festival's top prize.

27 September 2026 · Source: Deadline

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Quebec duo Angine de Poitrine win the Polaris Music Prize

The masked band won for their second album, Vol. II, and took the Song Prize too.

27 September 2026 · Source: Exclaim!

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Lasker Awards honour sleep science, haemophilia and Michael J. Fox

The discovery of orexin and a bispecific antibody for haemophilia A win America's top medical prizes.

27 September 2026 · Source: Lasker Foundation

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Nobel Prize week dates confirmed

The six announcements run from 5 to 12 October, starting with Physiology or Medicine.

27 September 2026 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Mokyr, an economic historian, explained how scientific knowledge fuelled lasting growth, while Aghion and Howitt developed a theory of how new technologies replace old ones.

13 October 2025 · Source: The Nobel Prize