Items where Author is "Thomson, Ian"

In Press

Thomson, Ian (2024) 'Meetings with Remarkable Italians'. In: Handbook of Italian Literature. Oxford University Press. (In Press)

Published

Thomson, Ian (2024) Indro Montanelli: Our Man in the Baltic. California Italian Studies, 13 (2). ISSN 2155-7926

Thomson, Ian (2024) 1939: Before Darkness Fell. Poetry Nation Review (PNR), 275. pp. 16-23.

Thomson, Ian (2023) 'Before Darkness Fell':Ian Thomson Travels in the footsteps of Eric Ambler's Spy Novels. Slightly Foxed, Summer 2023 (No 78). pp. 63-69.

Thomson, Ian (2023) Dante and the Divine Comedy by Ian Thomson:但丁与《神曲》-伊恩·汤姆森. Head of Zeus (Landmark Series).

Thomson, Ian (2022) The Captain’s Apprentice — Ralph Vaughan Williams’ creative awakening:An account of a pivotal episode in the composer's life dispels myths about the man and his music. Financial Times.

Thomson, Ian (2022) The invisible man: The Glass Pearls, by Emeric Pressburger, reviewed:A meek, self-effacing German refugee in 1960s London turns out to be a very different individual. In: UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED.

Thomson, Ian (2022) Reggae on Film: from the streets to the dancehall to the screen:A Season marking 60 years of Jamaican independence brings movies, music and personalities famous and forgotten to the BFI. Financial Times. p. 10.

Thomson, Ian (2022) Naples will never escape the shadow of Vesuvius. In: UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED.

Thomson, Ian (2022) Twenty-four-hour party person:The success of Tony Wilson, visionary founder of the Haçienda nightclub in Manchester. In: UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED.

Thomson, Ian (2022) Camp or Gulag?:A wartime reckoning in Finland. In: UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED, p. 17.

Thomson, Ian (2022) A Yalie at Sea:Rediscovering a Lost Beckettian novel of the 1930s. In: UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED, ?.

Thomson, Ian (2022) 'The Writer and the Bricklayer':Remembering the Holocaust. The Tablet. pp. 10-11.

Thomson, Ian (2022) Celebrating Konstantin Paustovsky — hailed as ‘the Russian Proust’. Spectator.

Thomson, Ian (2022) Una conversazione a Palermo con Leonardo Sciascia. Rubbettino Editore, Soveria Mannelli, Sicily. ISBN 978-88-498-7337-5

Thomson, Ian (2021) 'My Nightmare Before Christmas':Water, water everywhere: a true strory. The Tablet. p. 22.

Thomson, Ian (2021) Victorian Visionary:Claire Tomalin's biography charts the priapic and political preoccupations of the young H.G.Wells. Financial Times. p. 11.

Thomson, Ian (2021) Blood on the Knife:Leonardo Sciascia's reflections on - and contribution to - cinema. Times Literary Supplement. p. 29.

Thomson, Ian (2021) Dostoevsky and the savage French fop:Kevin Birmingham's clear and gripping new study of the Russian novelist digs deep into the inspiration for Crime and Punishment. Observer. p. 43.

Thomson, Ian (2021) Andes Adventure:Iain Sinclair sets off to Peru but finds connections to family, literature and Hackney. Financial Times. p. 9.

Thomson, Ian (2021) Dark days in the Balkans: life under Enver Hoxha and beyond. Spectator.

Thomson, Ian (2021) Night trippers:The Walker: On finding and Losing Yourself in the Modern City. The New Statesman. p. 49.

Thomson, Ian (2021) Darkness, desolation and disarray in Germany. Spectator.

Thomson, Ian (2021) The Icy Edge of Empires:This history of the Baltic states of Latvia and Estonia brings to life a forgotten land. Financial Times.

Thomson, Ian (2021) Dante's Debt to Islam:Muslim Tradition and the Inferno. The Tablet. pp. 14-15.

Thomson, Ian (2021) Ice queen of the stoned age:This gossipy but absorbing biography of Nico paints a flattering portrait of the enigmatic singer. Observer. p. 38.

Thomson, Ian (2021) It takes a trained ear fully to appreciate Indian music. Spectator.

Thomson, Ian (2021) Music is the key to being human:From bone flutes to electronica, Mozart to Stormzy. Financial Times.

Thomson, Ian (2021) Lent reflection: Islands of memory. The Tablet. pp. 6-7.

Thomson, Ian (2021) 'Infernal Censorship':My fight to stop the Chinese censors sanitising Dante. Spectator, 13 March 2021. p. 17.

Thomson, Ian (2021) March 1944: Tallinn is Burning. Looming, 3/2021. pp. 363-374.

Thomson, Ian (2020) 'Force Majeure: Tangerine Dream'. Times Literary Supplement. p. 19.

Thomson, Ian (2020) A Separate World: Jaan Kross's The Czar's Madman. Slightly Foxed, Autumn 2020 (67). pp. 7-12.

Thomson, Ian (2020) Refugee blues: The life of Maret Haugas (1934–2006) and the kindness of Carel Weight (1908–1997). British Art Journal, 21 (2). pp. 3-15.

Thomson, Ian and Amis, Martin (2019) Martin Amis and Ian Thomson on the Legacy of Primo Levi. [Performance]

Thomson, Ian (2019) Primo Levi: The Elements of a Life - updated centenary edition. Vintage.

Thomson, Ian (2019) 'Poet of this vale of tears': Essay on Norfolk poet-martyr St Robert Southwell. The Tablet. p. 11.

Thomson, Ian (2019) 普里莫·莱维传:Primo Levi: A Life by Ian Thomson. Shanghai Sanhui Culture and Press Ltd.

Thomson, Ian (2018) 'The gospel according to Pasolini': the making of 'The Gospel According to Matthew'. The Tablet. p. 10.

Thomson, Ian (2018) Alberto Moravia. In: Literary Landscapes: Charting the Real-Life Settings of the World’s Favourite Fiction. Modern books. ISBN 978-1911130772

Thomson, Ian (2018) 'Debt and damnation':Dante's debt to Islam. Standpoint (104). pp. 37-41.

Thomson, Ian (2018) 'Tragi-comic': Essay on Flann O'Brien. The Tablet. p. 20.

Thomson, Ian (2018) Dante's Divine Comedy:A Journey Without End. Head of Zeus. ISBN 978-1786690807

Thomson, Ian (2018) After the boat came in: Empire Windrush. Observer. pp. 14-17.

Thomson, Ian (2017) 'Down and out in Bombay and London':Family Life and the last days of the Raj. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement. pp. 17-18. ISSN 0307-661X

Thomson, Ian (2017) Primo Levi by Ian Thomson:Una vita. UTET. ISBN 978-8851150136

Thomson, Ian (2017) 'Cold War Dante':How a medieval Christian poet inspired a Texan, neo-Dadaist maverick. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement. p. 5. ISSN 0307-661X

Thomson, Ian (2017) 'Hitchcock in the confessional': Alfred Hitchcock as a Catholic. The Tablet. p. 12.

Thomson, Ian (2017) 'Baltic Overlords':Jaan Kross's trilogy of a small nation caught between the occupation of totalitarian powers. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement. p. 21. ISSN 0307-661X

Thomson, Ian (2017) 'Homecoming':Transporting a father's remains across Europe. Memoir. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement. pp. 14-15. ISSN 0307-661X

Thomson, Ian (2017) 'A Caribbean mystery': investigation into murder of a Jesuit priest in Jamaica. The Tablet. p. 9.

Thomson, Ian (2017) 'Cool for Cats':On the Italian love affair with smoking. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement. p. 29. ISSN 0307-661X

Thomson, Ian (2017) 'The empire strikes back': Commonwealth & Brexit. The Tablet. p. 10.

Thomson, Ian (2017) Death in Breughelland:Ian Thomson considers Le Grande Macabre, the madcap, comico-grotesque opera by Gyorgy Ligeti. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement. TLS website. ISSN 0307-661X

Thomson, Ian (2017) 'Cast out this demon': article on alcoholism. The Tablet. p. 14.

Thomson, Ian (2016) 'Head and Heart - Luciano Berio's beguiling Labyrinth of Sound'. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement. pp. 18-19. ISSN 0307-661X

Thomson, Ian (2016) Semites of the Caribbean:Literary Responses to the long tradition of Jewish culture in the West Indies. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement. p. 29. ISSN 0307-661X

Thomson, Ian (2016) 'The hop, skip and jump of the cities': Ernest Ranglin's last concert. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement. p. 19. ISSN 0307-661X

Thomson, Ian (2016) 'Death-camp anthropolgy':The ethical meditations of Primo Levi, underlining his status as one of the most important writers of out time. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement. pp. 3-4. ISSN 0307-661X

Thomson, Ian (2016) 'Waiting for Life':Natalia Ginzburg 100 years on. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement. pp. 16-17. ISSN 0307-661X

Thomson, Ian (2015) Concrete Poetry:Ian Thomson remembers J.G.Ballard. Spectator. p. 50.

Thomson, Ian (2015) 'In the beginning was boredom':Alberto Moravia, chronicler of bourgeois ennui. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement. pp. 14-15. ISSN 0307-661X

Thomson, Ian (2015) The fairy King:Ian Thomson remembers the Italian novelist Italo Calvino. Daily Telegraph. pp. 26-27.

Thomson, Ian (2015) Carrying on cruising: by ship from Liverpool to New York. Essay. Financial Times. pp. 5-6.

Thomson, Ian (2015) 'I'm not afraid of dying':Interview with Roberto Saviano. Daily Telegraph.

Thomson, Ian (2015) The dreamer:The creative limbo that spawned Fellini's modernist masterpiece, 8 1/2. Spectator. pp. 50-51.

Thomson, Ian (2015) 'Yours, absurdly': essay on Samuel Beckett. The Tablet. p. 22.

Thomson, Ian (2015) Marx men:Ian Thomson celebrates the anarchic genius of Groucho and his brothers. Spectator. pp. 33-34.

Thomson, Ian (2014) Waiting for Monsieur Hulot: Jacques Tati. Financial Times. p. 17.

Thomson, Ian (2014) 'Was Pasolini's murder foretold in his films?':Article on Abel Ferrara's film of Pasolini's life. Daily Telegraph. pp. 18-19.

Thomson, Ian (2014) 'A Beat in time':Article on William S Burroughs. Financial Times. p. 11.

Thomson, Ian (2013) 'Lamb if he was lucky': Primo Levi and the Resistance. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement. pp. 12-13. ISSN 0307-661X

Thomson, Ian (2013) The Kafka Chronicles: Essay on Franz Kafka. Financial Times. p. 8.

Thomson, Ian (2013) 'Do look now':Interview with Nicolas Roeg. Spectator. p. 22.

Thomson, Ian (2012) 'Talked into Life':How 'If This is a Man' came to be. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement. pp. 13-15. ISSN 0307-661X

Thomson, Ian (2012) 'A life scientific':How Primo Levi's radical chemistry-inspired memoir 'The Periodic Table' paved the way for popular science writing. Financial Times. p. 12.

Thomson, Ian (2012) A Grave Undertaking: short story. In: Kingston Noir. Akashic. ISBN 9781617750748

Thomson, Ian (2011) 'Assault on Via Salaria':Near Death Experience in Rome: Memoir. London Review of Books. pp. 38-39.

Thomson, Ian (2011) 'Scotland yard':History of the Scots in Jamaica. The Nation. pp. 30-35.

Thomson, Ian (2010) 'Follow Him': Mussolini's mistress Clara Petacci. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement. p. 8. ISSN 0307-661X

Thomson, Ian (2009) 'From Yard to Yard':Interview with Detective Mark Shields in Kingston, Jamaica. The Voice. pp. 8-9.

Thomson, Ian (2009) 'Island of Bad Blood':Article on contemporary Jamaica. Standpoint. pp. 52-55.

Thomson, Ian (2009) The Dead Yard:Tales of Modern Jamaica. Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571227624

Thomson, Ian (2008) 'Zozzo mondo': Pier Paolo Pasolini and Rome. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement. pp. 7-8. ISSN 0307-661X

Thomson, Ian (2006) 'Troubled but faithful':Graham Greene's relationship with the Tablet. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement. pp. 14-16. ISSN 0307-661X

Thomson, Ian (2006) 'Our Man in Tallinn':Graham Greene's chance encounter with a model spy. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement. pp. 15-18. ISSN 0307-661X

Thomson, Ian (2004) 'Rare bird of the islands':Interview with James Hamilton-Paterson. The Guardian. pp. 20-23.

Thomson, Ian (2004) 'To Tallinn with Love':Family memoir. The Times. pp. 36-41.

Thomson, Ian (2003) 'True Crime': Interview with Henning Mankell. The Guardian. pp. 2-23.

Thomson, Ian (2003) 'Past master': interview with Jaan Kross. The Guardian. pp. 20-23.

Thomson, Ian (2003) 'Lady Makes A Splash': Essay on Zora Neale Hurston. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement. p. 10. ISSN 0307-661X

Thomson, Ian (2003) Primo Levi:A Life. Vintage. ISBN 9780099515210

Thomson, Ian (1994) 'The Acid Queen: Meeting Aldous Huxley's widow'. Interview. The Independent. pp. 32-36.

Sciascia, Leonardo and Thomson, Ian (1994) Death of an Inquisitor and Other Stories. Harvill. ISBN 9780002712934

Thomson, Ian (1992) Bonjour Blanc:A Journey Through Haiti. Vintage. ISBN 9780099452157

Thomson, Ian (1988) 'Under the Bell Jar':Sylvia Plath's literary estate. The Independent. p. 21.