Alice Thomson

Alice Thomson is a British political journalist. She is an associate editor, weekly columnist, and political interviewer for The Times. Alice 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. She has written for Vogue and The Spectator and appeared on Question Time and Newsnight. Alice presents the interview series Past Imperfect with fellow Times columnist Rachel Sylvester on Times Radio, which began in July 2020, also available as a podcast, and now in its fourth series. In 2000, Alice wrote the book The Singing Line about her ancestor Sir Charles Todd, who connected Australia to the world by building a telegraph line from Adelaide to Darwin; the city of Alice Springs was named after his wife Alice. In 2022, with Rachel Sylvester, Alice wrote What I Wish I’d Known When I Was Young, looking at why it is that often the people with the hardest beginnings in life become the most successful adults. Alice is married with three sons and one daughter.