Alice Thomson
Columnist/Interviewer on The Times. Presenter with
@RSylvesterTimes of podcast Past Imperfect. Author: The Singing Line/ What I Wish I'd Known When I Was Young
- Britain let predators abuse thousands of girls—because they were poor, vulnerable, and "trouble." Race was part of it. But class, misogyny, and institutional cowardice were just as deadly. My column. #Rotherham #CaseyReport bit.ly/4e7edpH
- The V&A’s spectacular new outpost is part museum, part IKEA warehouse, part Generation Game. Tristram Hunt takes me round his Aladdin’s cave and tells me about using forklifts to democratise design #VAEast bit.ly/4kJsE5b
- Reeves' tax hikes aim to fund fairness - but the unintended fallout is hitting jobs and growth. Policy goals don't mean much if the outcomes undermine them. #UKEconomy #TaxPolicy bit.ly/43E8L8N
- Child on child sexual abuse is starting at primary school. By thirteen, Soma Sara of Everyone's Invited tells me, it's too late to start educating children about how to behave with each other. bit.ly/4iuYguT
- He's the journalist who tracked down Alexei Navalny's poisoners, identified the Salisbury agents and exposed the spies convicted in the UK this month. Christo Grozev tells me how he became Putin's public enemy No.1. bit.ly/4izMO0U
- The disabled desperately need help to make their lives not merely bearable but fulfilling. What they don’t need is their neighbours gaming the system to put a gleaming new BMW in the driveway. My column on Motability. bit.ly/4ihV9pS
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- What we must do to save Gen Z from a world of carrot chopping ASMR videos. My column. bit.ly/3DDNqTZ
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- Why Anora is the antidote to violent, degrading, porn. My column. bit.ly/4ioHugo
- 'A lot of political engagement with culture these days is a bit scoldy, a bit fingerwaggy'. Grayson Perry joined me Tom Holland, Margaret Casely-Hayford, and Simon Sebag Montefiore for the Times British Museum debate. Listen tonight at 7pm on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social bit.ly/4hc1l1u
- 'There is no safe way to strangle someone'. Baroness Bertin tells me why she wants to ban abusive, harmful, violent pornography. bit.ly/3Xnn9jE
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- Bill Gates tell me about being different at school and the day his best friend died. bit.ly/3Eb2AA9
- The Diet Coke button may be back on the Oval Office desk, but Trump, RFK and the crunchy mum alliance could be preparing to tackle America’s obesity crisis. My column. bit.ly/4hsFl2W
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- 'I’ve served at the White House and as ambassador in Paris, but I’m in love with London...The Brits are witty and smart...kind and decent'. Jane Hartley, outgoing US Ambassador, tells me why she may hide in the basement rather than go home. bit.ly/40AL8ha
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- Why we need reciprocal youth visas with the EU. My column. bit.ly/40pkczM
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- Once again, no one is talking about the girls. My column. bit.ly/40pWFzR
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