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Double triumph for Simon Schama’s The Story of the Jews
Last night the Sandford St Martin Trust announced that the BBC’s The Story of the Jews scooped two top accolades at its annual broadcast awards.
Simon Glass wins Red Planet Prize 2010
Simon Glass has been selected from over 1,500 applicants to win the 2010 Red Planet Prize for his darkly comic script,
André Simon Food & Drink Book Awards
Rachel Roddy won the coveted André Simon award for food writing for her debut book, FIVE QUARTERS: RECIPES AND NOTES FROM A KITCHEN IN
Jane Thynne
Jane Thynne was born in Venezuela and educated in London and at Oxford. She joined the BBC as a production trainee, and worked as a TV director. She then moved to Fleet Street, working at The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Independent.
Simon Mawer's Tightrope wins the 2016 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction
Congratualtions to Simon Mawer on winning the 2016 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his novel Tightrope.
Simon Brasse wins Best Editing - Scripted at RTS Awards 2025
Huge congratulations to Simon Brasse who won an RTS Award last night for
Adam Foulds & Simon Mawer up for the Walter Scott Prize
Adam Foulds and Simon Mawer's Booker-shortlisted novels THE QUICKENING MAZE and THE GLASS ROOM are both on the shortlist for the inaugural Walter Scott Prize, worth £25,000.
Simon Gough - 15th August 1942 – 4th February 2018
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Simon Gough, who died on Sunday after protracted ill health.
WINE GRAPES wins André Simon Food and Drink Book Award
The much-acclaimed WINE GRAPES:A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours written by Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding and José Vouill
SIMON SCHAMA'S SHAKESPEARE - BBC2, Friday 22nd and 29th June
Tune in to BBC2 at 9.00pm on Friday 22 June for the first in a series of two Shakespeare documentaries presented by Simon Schama.