The world, in perspective.

Dickenson served under five headmasters over 37 years and acted as headmaster three times.

Over a long and eventful career, Limerick native established himself as a serious politician

Sheila Barsel spent decades fighting apartheid, advancing LGBTQIA+ rights and organising against exclusion, leaving a legacy of practical courage, political conviction and defiance.

Forced from his childhood home under apartheid, he spent half a century organising the people of Wentworth against the industrial giants that poisoned their neighbourhood. He closed a toxic landfill, won the Goldman Environmental Prize and never stopped fighting.

Holder of Irish records over 800m, 1,000m, 1,500m and the mile, all of which once belonged to Sonia O’Sullivan

Boxer defended his titles by knocking out his challengers 17 times in a row – a record that still stands

The engineer, political activist and Shakespeare lover turned the technical machinery of communications into a public argument about power, access and accountability.

Liza Key transformed South Africa’s film scene, challenging apartheid censorship, nurturing filmmakers and bringing humanity to stories of injustice, opening new possibilities for South African storytelling.

Lunny never tired of seeking out new collaborations, novel sounds and fresh perspectives on the music that defined him

The senior UN diplomat and pacifist became disillusioned with the organisation and lived his life to Quaker ideals

She was famously gregarious, hosting lunches and dinners in her various homes and in hotels around Dublin

Lovell Friedman’s footprints remain across Cape Town, the city she loved. They are set in glass and ceramic, in murals that give voice to the forgotten, in benches that offer sanctuary and in art that brings solace to the vulnerable.