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词条 Alice Thomson
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  1. Education and career

  2. Publications

  3. Personal life

  4. References

  5. External links

Alice Thomson (born 24 April 1967) 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 Bute House Preparatory School for Girls in West London, the School of St Helen and St Katharine in Abingdon, Oxfordshire and Marlborough College, Wiltshire. She graduated from the Bristol University with a BA in history and received an MA in newspaper journalism from City University London. Thomson became a trainee on The Times in 1990 before becoming a foreign correspondent, feature writer and political reporter for the newspaper. In 1997 she moved to The Daily Telegraph as a columnist and leader writer and also wrote the restaurant reviews and political interviews before re-joining The Times in 2008.[1] She has written for Vogue and The Spectator and appeared on Question Time and Newsnight. In 2014, jointly with colleagues from The Times, she was Political Journalist of the Year in the Press Gazette awards.[2] She is a member of the Policy Committee of the Campaign to Protect Rural England,[3] and a governor of Bute House Preparatory School.[4] She was previously a Trustee of the think tank Policy Exchange.[5]

Publications

Thomson wrote the book The Singing Line about her ancestor who connected Australia to the world by building a telegraph line from Adelaide to Darwin, naming Alice Springs after his wife.[6]

Personal life

Thomson has three sons Ludovic, Samuel and Isaac (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, J. J. Thomson, was awarded a Nobel prize for the discovery of the electron. Her grandfather, GP Thomson, was awarded the Nobel prize for physics for the discovery of the wave properties of the electron. Her maternal great-grandfather, William Henry Bragg, was awarded, together with his son, William Lawrence Bragg, a Nobel prize for Physics for the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-ray.

References

1. ^{{Cite web|title = Alice Thomson - The Times|url = http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/profile/Alice-Thomson|website = www.thetimes.co.uk|access-date = 2016-01-29}}
2. ^{{Cite web|title = British Journalism Awards {{!}} Press Gazette|url = http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/andrew-norfolk-named-journalist-year-times-and-sunday-times-claim-seven-british-journalism-awards|website = www.pressgazette.co.uk|access-date = 2016-01-29}}
3. ^{{Cite web|title = Policy Committee members - Campaign to Protect Rural England|url = http://www.cpre.org.uk/policy/policy-committee/item/2277-policy-committee-members|website = www.cpre.org.uk|access-date = 2016-01-29}}
4. ^{{Cite web|title = Bute House - Preparatory School For Girls|url = https://www.butehouse.co.uk/14-about-us.html|website = www.butehouse.co.uk|access-date = 2016-01-29}}
5. ^{{Cite web|title = Profile of Policy Exchange (PX) {{!}} Conservative Home|url = http://www.conservativehome.com/thinktankcentral/2009/11/profile-of-policy-exchange.html|website = Conservative Home|access-date = 2016-01-29}}
6. ^{{Cite web|title = The Singing Line by Alice Thomson {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com|url = http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/178377/the-singing-line-by-alice-thomson/|website = PenguinRandomhouse.com|access-date = 2016-01-29}}

External links

  • Alice Thomson The Times contributor profile page
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7 : 1967 births|Living people|British journalists|The Times people|People educated at Marlborough College|Alumni of the University of Bristol|Alumni of City, University of London

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