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Ian Thomson has contributed to BBC Radio since 1988, first appearing on the World Service book programme ‘Meridian’

 

Guardian books podcast: Travel writing’s new frontiers

9 Jul 2010

As Ian Thomson’s study of Jamaica, The Dead Yard, wins the Dolman Prize, he discusses new directions for travel writing.

 

Great Lives – BBC

21 May 2013

Ian Thomson and Edmund de Waal discuss Primo Levi.

 

BBC Radio 4 – Excess Baggage

17 Jul 2010

Sandi Toksvig talks to prize winning author Ian Thomson.

 

Ian Thomson: ‘Why I Write’ – Royal Literary Fund

What prompts people to write? Vanity? A desire to change the world?

 

Ian Thomson intervistato da Gero Miccihè

1 November 2011

Interview in Italian about Leonardo Sciascia.

Radio & Podcasts

Guardian books podcast: Travel writing’s new frontiers – The …

9 Jul 2010 – As Ian Thomson’s study of Jamaica, The Dead Yard, wins the Dolmantravel prize, he discusses new directions for travel writing in an age of …

Great Lives – BBC

Edmundde Waal chooses a writer he believes is one of the greatest of the modern age – Primo Levi, author of the Periodic Table. … And biographer Ian Thomson, one of the last to interview Levi, explains why we shouldn’t confuse Levi the writer with Levi the

BBC Radio 4 – Excess Baggage, 17/07/2010

17 Jul 2010 – Sandi Toksvig talks to prize winning author Ian Thomson about … gives Sandi a unique insight into their ancient lifestyle on Excess Baggage.