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Sir Hayden Phillips

Senior civil servant regarded as the ‘mandarin’s mandarin’ who worked in the Home Office, the Cabinet Office, the Treasury and at the European Commission

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21

Sheila Canby obituary

American art historian and museum curator with a special focus on Iran and the Islamic world

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2025

The National Gallery at 200: is this rehang a bold relaunch or rinse and repeat?

The National Gallery has recently rehung its entire collection. Taking hundreds of paintings off the wall and replacing them in a new arrangement requires considerable mental and physical labour on the part of curators, conservators and technicians.

The Conversation · Jun 10, 2025

Novel by Sri Lanka's Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize

Writer Shehan Karunatilaka has won the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction on Monday for “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.”

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022

Epic ghost story wins this year’s Booker Prize

Shehan Karunatilaka accepted the £50,000 prize for his novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida at a ceremony at the Roundhouse

Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2022

Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker prize for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Judges described the Sri Lankan author’s second novel as a ‘rollercoaster journey through life and death’ and praised its audacity and ambition

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022

Booker Prize Unveils 2022 Shortlist Including Oldest Finalist Ever

Britain's Booker Prize for fiction unveiled its final contenders for this year's award Tuesday, featuring the oldest author and the shortest book ever to make the prestigious six-strong literary shortlist. Octogenarian Englishman Alan Garner, who will turn 88 when the winner is announced on October 17, was shortlisted for "Treacle…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 7, 2022

Booker Prize 2022 shortlist announced

A shortlist of six books for the Booker Prize 2022 was announced in the wee hours of September 7, 2022 (India time). The six shortlisted books are "Set in different places at different times [and] are all about events that in some measure happen everywhere, and concern us all," Neil…

The Times of India · Sep 6, 2022

Booker prize: Alan Garner becomes oldest author to be shortlisted

Only British writer on list will collect prize on 88th birthday if successful, but is up against five other books judges say ‘speak powerfully about important things’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2022

Booker Prize 2022 shortlist features oldest author

This year’s six shortlisted books have been revealed.

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2022