Warm congratulations to Dr Brian Hodgkinson for winning the first prize awarded by the British Association for Local History in their 2023 Publications: Long Article category. This was for his article 'Stairway to Heaven: The Scala Celi Indulgence in Tudor Lincolnshire' published in Volume 52 of Lincolnshire History and Archaeology (the SLHA journal).

The award was announced at the Annual Meeting of BALH held on line on 18 May. In making the announcement, Dr Alan Crosby, Editor of the BALH Local Historian, said 'Brian has done an absolutely superb job, using very difficult medieval and early sixteenth-century sources, in putting together this little known aspect of the strange world of indulgences in late medieval Catholic Church'.

Presentations to the winners of the Society's awards for 2022 were made at the Sunday Special event held at Nettleham Old School on Sunday 22 January. The winners had been announced at Annual General meeting in November, which had been held on line.

Dr Andrew Walker, Chair of SLHA, presented the Flora Murray Award to Dale Trimble and Wendy Atkin of the Old Sleaford Heritage Group for their book 'Old Place; New Perspectives'.

An Award for Excellence was made to Mrs Smith's Cottage (North Kesteven District Council) for the 'Navenby Heritage Trail and Navenby Datestones'. Emma Clark (NKDC) and Nicki Jarvis (Artist in Residence) received the award from Dr Walker.

Photograph: Dale Trimble (OSHG), Andrew Walker (SLHA), Wendy Atkin (OSHG)