Damian Thompson

Profile: Full name: Area of interest: Religion and society Journals/Organisation: The Daily Telegraph Email: damian.thompson@telegraph.co.uk Personal website: Website: Blog: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/author/damianthompson Representation: Networks: https://twitter.com/#!/holysmoke

Biography: About: Education: Presentation College, Reading; Oxford University, Mansfield College: History; London School of Economics: Sociology of Religion Ph.D Career: Previously the Editor-in-Chief of the Catholic Herald Current position/role: Editor of Telegraph Blogs, leader writer for the Daily Telegraph also writes/written for: Other roles/Main role: Director of the Catholic Herald (formerly its Editor-in-Chief) Other activities: Disclosures: Viewpoints/Insight: Broadcast media: Video: Controversy/Criticism: Richard Dawkins's latest attack on the Catholic Church is vicious and crazy. The man needs help - The Daily Telegraph, 27th October 2009 Awards/Honours: Scoops: Other:

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Articles: Why cupcakes are the new cocaine - Sugar is one of many new addictive substances that are stealthily taking over our lives – and this white powder is a slow killer - 20th May 2012 A world war the liberals are losing - Politicians of both Left and Right are pandering to the world's conservative non-white majority - 24th March 2012 Are sleeping pills really that bad for your health? - The latest research on increased deaths caused by tranquillisers sounds like a scare story, but 'benzos’ and 'Z-drugs’ are taken too lightly by young festival-goers and middle-aged addicts - 29th February 2012 The murder of a great comprehensive school - Michael Gove has to persuade the Churches to abandon their blind faith in secular dogma - 9th July 2011 Royal wedding: who will raise the Abbey roof? - William and Kate have plumped for safe but stirring music sure to send a tingle down the spine - 29th April 2011 A one-way pilgrimage to Rome - Two Anglican bishops are about to become Roman Catholics in a radical experiment devised by the Pope - 7th November 2010 Bodleian Library expansion: so many books, so little space - Millions of books are stored underground in Britain - but why bother when we could digitise the lot? Because we only trust what we can hold - 9th October 2010 Comic carry-on of the papal visit is no joke - Despite chaotic organisation, the papal trip to Britain could surprise us all - 21st August 2010 Are we becoming addicted to Apple? - Techno-junkies are flocking to the new London store - 11th August 2010 What do the UFO files reveal? - UFO files released by the MoD tell us more about Britain in the 1950s than they do about aliens - 5th August 2010 Prom time - This is the greatest festival of classical music in the world attracting a rich social mix among the Prommers - 14th July 2010 Padres should be cherished, especially by MPs - The botched selection of the Chaplain to the Commons insults a worthy post - 29th June 2010 The Pope's almighty battle - A malicious storm is being stirred up over the Pope's alleged failure to deal with abusive priests - 19th March 2010 Catholic adoption victory is a setback for Labour - How nice to witness a defeat for this anti-religious Government - 18th March 2010 Daniel Barenboim and Beethoven: Expect fireworks - The flamboyant pianist's concert series, starting tomorrow, will be London's most thrilling musical event for many years - 28th January 2010 The church fights back against Islamification - Lord Carey's brave call to limit immigration is a timely defence of Christian values - 8th january 2010 It's no surprise our universities are associated with Islamic extremism - Many British academics are knee-jerk anti-Americans who are more worried about causing offence to Muslim students than in keeping a watchful eye on political extremism - 28th December 2009 The Vatican opens its arms to Anglicans - The Pope's dramatic invitation to disaffected Anglicans will have a huge impact - 22nd October 2009 NightJack: When the blogging biter's bit - The 'outing' of a policeman as the author of a highly controversial blog shows the power of this strange medium - 18th June 2009 Jade Goody: death as entertainment - Jade Goody has died. Move along now, there's nothing more to see - 23rd March 2009 Pope's PR men have put his future at risk - Lifting the ban on the Holocaust denying Bishop Williamson is disastrous - 4th February 2009 Indulgence of Islam is harming society - Channel 4's decision to invite President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to deliver its "alternative" Christmas message may have been offensive to many people, but no one can say the station is neglecting its obligation to cater for minorities. Muslim fundamentalists were thrilled by the broadcast - 28th December 2008

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