building and traditional Danish thatching . Set in an area directly threatened by climate change-induced sea level rise , the part-boat and part-house appears torn between the land and the sea .
Caroline Steinbeis ( OS 1998 ) was Executive Producer for A Good Boy , starring Ben Wishaw , which was shortlisted for an Academy Award in the Live Action Short Film category .
James McVinnie ( OS 2001 ) became the Resident Artist at London ’ s Southbank Centre . James , a former organist at St Paul ’ s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey , will hold the residency for one year .
There was recognition in the King ’ s Birthday Honours for Lieutenant General Charlie Stickland CB OBE ( OS 1986 ) promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath ( KCB ) for his service to defence , and for Paul Fannon , former Sevenoaks teacher , who received an OBE for services to education .
Eva Okaro ( OS 2023 ) was selected to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympics , swimming in the 4x100m women ’ s freestyle relay . At 17 , Eva was one of the youngest representatives of Team GB .
Artist , researcher and academic Senam Okudzeto ( OS 1991 ) received the Paul Boesch Art Prize 2023 , one of the highest Swiss art prizes , for her sociopolitically relevant work .
Emma Slade ( Ani Pema Deki ) ( OS 1984 ), a Buddhist nun and the first Western woman fully ordained in Bhutan , met His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamsala , along with other Westernborn nuns .
Simon Starling ( OS 1986 ), a Turner Prize-winning conceptual artist , has a new project , Houseboat for Ho . Commissioned by the Danish Arts Foundation and the Varde commune , it combines Bolivian reed boat
Architect Liz Tatarintseva ( OS 2007 ) received multiple prestigious awards for Spruce House and Studio , a new-build home and self-contained design studio constructed from cross-laminated timber on an infill site : the RIBA London Award , RIBA National Award , Dezeen ’ s House ( urban ) of the Year , and New London Awards for Housing .
Helen Taylor ( OS 2004 ) completed a Master ’ s in Defence and Strategic Studies ( Maritime ) at King ’ s College London , part-funded by the Royal Navy . Her dissertation , exploring how much studying science fiction can help military leaders plan for future conflict , was condensed into an article for the Naval Review and has gained a lot of interest as it takes a fresh viewpoint of future conflict studies .
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