Matt Nixson

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Assistant Editor, Features at Daily Express

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Posthumous Navalny memoir wins prestigious Book of the Year award at 'Nibbies'

2 days ago | express.co.uk | Matt Nixson

Posthumous Alexi Navalny memoir wins prestigious Book of the Year award at 'Nibbies' The Russian opposition leader, who died in mysterious circumstances in a penal colony last year, has been honoured at a glittering London ceremony for his work Share Article Bookmark Alexei Navalny, whose posthumous memoir Patriot won Book of the Year, is detained by police (Image: AFP via Getty) Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny, who died in a penal colony in February...
Sir David Attenborough is gifting 1,000 copies of his new Oceans book to schools

1 week ago | express.co.uk | Matt Nixson

One thousand ways Sir David Attenborough is inspiring the next generation of naturalists As he marks his 99th birthday today, the world-famous broadcaster and naturalist is hoping to educate and inspire young people to take an interest in nature 11:39, Thu, May 8, 2025 | UPDATED: 11:39, Thu, May 8, 2025 Share Article Bookmark Sir David Attenborough's new book and documentary series looks at the oceans (Image: Silverback Films / Open Planet Studios / Keith Scholey) Sir David Attenborough has...
The 18 crime novels vying for the most prestigious award in thriller writing

2 weeks ago | express.co.uk | Matt Nixson

Voting has opened for the ‘Oscars’ of crime writing with publication of the 18 books long-listed for the prestigious Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award 2025. Now in its 21st year and supported by the Daily and Sunday Express, it remains one of the crime world’s most covered gongs.
Slow Horses creator Mick Herron on one thing AI will never be able to do

2 weeks ago | express.co.uk | Jon Coates |Matt Nixson

Spymaster Mick Herron is taking the reigns of this year's Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival (Image: Mike Whorley)Slow Horses creator Mick Herron believes his books have been stolen by tech giants to be used as learning tools for the next generation of artificial intelligence. “I don’t think there’s any doubt about that,” he sighs. “About two years ago, my younger brother showed me some app he had and he asked it to write a recipe for chocolate brownies in the style of Jackson Lamb.
I watched Ozzy Osbourne wee on the ALAMO! What happened next left me stunned

2 weeks ago | express.co.uk | Matt Nixson

Oasis photographed in New York by Tom Sheehan a month before Definitely Maybe made them superstars (Image: ©Tom Sheehan)It was an image that stayed under wraps for nearly two decades. But Tom Sheehan’s shot became notorious nonetheless, depicting as it did the height of rock’n’roll excess… and the depths of debauchery: Ozzy Osbourne urinating on the Alamo.
Former chemist who discovered the formula for a more compassionate Church

3 weeks ago | express.co.uk | Kat Hopps |Matt Nixson

Pope Francis, who has died aged 88, kissing a baby in St Peter's Square, Vatican City, 2019 (Image: AP)As the first Latin American to lead the Catholic Church in 1,300 years, a trained chemist and former nightclub bouncer whose liberal leanings riled conservative members of the Papacy, Pope Francis I sometimes found himself at odds with his cardinals.
I've got Tourette's and these are the five mistakes people make

3 weeks ago | express.co.uk | Matt Nixson

I've got Tourette's.
Staggering scale of financial fraud is EIGHT times higher than previously thought

1 month ago | msn.com | Matt Nixson

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Staggering scale of financial fraud EIGHT times higher than thought

1 month ago | express.co.uk | Matt Nixson

Staggering scale of financial fraud is EIGHT times higher than previously thoughtExclusive: MPs reveal true scale of Authorised Push Payment Fraud in a new report today...
Staggering scale of financial fraud EIGHT times higher than thought

1 month ago | finance.einnews.com | Matt Nixson

Staggering scale of financial fraud is EIGHT times higher than previously thoughtExclusive: MPs reveal true scale of Authorised Push Payment Fraud in a new report today...