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Rosalind Franklin never lived to see the full impact of her discoveries. She didn’t witness how her work on DNA would revolutionise biology, nor did she witness the impact she would have in encouraging women researchers in science. For International Women’s Day, Liz Sockett FRS, Chair of the Royal Society’s Rosalind Franklin Award committee, and Isabelle Moss, Royal Society Diversity and Inclusion Officer, reflect on Franklin’s enduring legacy. 

Keith Moore dives into the stories of swimming Royal Society Fellows, from Lords Byron and Rutherford to Sir James Lighthill, the first person ever to swim around the island of Sark.

The 2016 Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award winner Professor Jo Dunkley offers an insight into how it all began.