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Alice Thomson (born 24 April 1967)[1] is a British political journalist. She is an associate editor, weekly columnist, and political interviewer for The Times.

Education and career

Thomson was educated at

Question Time and Newsnight
.

In 2014, jointly with colleagues from The Times, she was Political Journalist of the Year in the Press Gazette awards.[3] She was previously a Trustee of the think tank Policy Exchange,[4] on the Policy Committee of the CPRE, and a governor of Bute House preparatory school.[5] Thomson presents the podcast interview series Past Imperfect with fellow Times columnist Rachel Sylvester on Times Radio, which began in July 2020.[6] In December 2022, Thomson was chosen as the Interviewer of the Year at the Press Gazette British Journalism Awards.[7]

Publications

Thomson wrote the book The Singing Line about her ancestor

Darwin; the city of Alice Springs was named after his wife Alice.[8] She is the author, with Rachel Sylvester, of What I Wish I'd Known When I Was Young: The Art and Science of Growing Up.[9]

Personal life

Thomson has three sons, Sam, Ludo, and Zac (born in 2000, 2004 and 2006) and one daughter, Lily (born in 2002) by her husband, Edward Heathcoat Amory, whom she married in 1994. Her paternal great-grandfather,

William Lawrence Bragg, a Nobel prize for Physics for the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-ray. Alice along with her husband live at Chevithorne Barton, an estate in Devon, which houses the Plant Heritage National Oak collection. [10]

References

  1. ^ "Alice Mary Rose THOMSON personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Alice Thomson - The Times". www.thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  3. ^ "British Journalism Awards | Press Gazette". www.pressgazette.co.uk. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Profile of Policy Exchange (PX) | Conservative Home". Conservative Home. 29 November 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  5. ^ "BUTE HOUSE PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS LIMITED - Company Credit Reports, Company Accounts, Director Search Reports". www.companysearchesmadesimple.com. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  6. ^ Lerone, Toby (2 June 2020). "Launch date and schedule revealed for Times Radio". RadioToday. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Interviewer of the Year – British Journalism Awards". awards-bja.pressgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  8. ^ "The Singing Line by Alice Thomson | PenguinRandomHouse.com". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  9. ^ . ASIN 000849746X. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ "The history of the garden and oak collection". chevithornebarton.co.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2021.


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