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Matthew Thompson

London

Journalist at Freelance

Home & Political Correspondent @SkyNews. Ex @LBC, @BBCNewsnight. Norn Irish, girl dad, linguist. Email: [email protected]/ DMs open

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Articles

  • The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books by Greg Bear

    Feb 4, 2025 | theportalist.com | Matthew Thompson |Jena Brown

    Greg Bear, one of the most beloved and prolific science fiction writers of the last 50 years, has passed away at the age of 71.

  • Kitchens Are a Force for Social Change - The New York Times

    Nov 25, 2024 | nytimes.com | Matthew Thompson

    Places that make and prepare food have a quietly revolutionary impact on the communities around them. In a new series from Headway, we train a lens on kitchens that are sparking change.

  • Former flight attendant says Mohamed al Fayed had her sacked after she refused to sleep with him

    Sep 28, 2024 | mkfm.com | Matthew Thompson

    Jerri MacDonald was 28 when she moved from Cheshire to the South East for what she thought was her dream job as a stewardess for Fayair, now Harrods Aviation. But in her first broadcast interview, she told Sky News how it quickly became a nightmare. After her very first flight from London to Paris on al Fayed's private jet, Ms MacDonald said the billionaire quickly singled her out, and left her "like a deer in headlights" as he insisted she accompany him to the Ritz hotel.

  • Mother of stabbed teenager Tamim Habimana says zombie knives are just part of the problem ahead of ban

    Sep 21, 2024 | mkfm.com | Matthew Thompson

    Tamim Habimana died from a single stab wound after he was attacked in Woolwich, southeast London, in July 2021. The blade that killed the schoolboy was not a zombie knife - the name given to ornate-bladed weapons inspired by zombie films and TV shows. Now, three years after his death, his mother, Hawa Haragazika, told Sky News: "I'm never going to be OK. I'm trying to live daily. But I just think they should stop disrespecting us. "It shouldn't be only zombie knives, first of all.

  • Why Teen Voices Matter in the 2024 Election

    Sep 8, 2024 | nytimes.com | Matthew Thompson

    For most teenagers, a presidential election year offers a dilemma. Elections have consequences, as the saying goes, and this is especially true for young people, who are at the center of any number of issues dividing the U.S. electorate. Yet most teens can't vote. All spring and summer, the Headway team has been talking with high school students about this year's election. Headway is an initiative at The New York Times that covers the world's challenges through the lens of progress.

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5 Jun 25

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Matthew Thompson @mattuthompson
3 Jun 25

Anyone else notice how social media is now absolutely swamped with ChatGPT guff? Just account after account with their thoughts entirely scripted by AI. The syntax is so obvious—not to mention the em dashes that nobody actually used until about a year ago. Driving me mad.

Matthew Thompson
Matthew Thompson @mattuthompson
21 May 25

BREAKING: Police have charged a member of the Irish rap group Kneecap with a terror offence. Liam O’Hanna has been charged with displaying a Hizbollah flag at the O2 Forum in London last November. He’ll appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on 18th June.