Jamie Timson, The Week UK
Jamie Timson is the UK news editor. Having been with the team from 2015 to 2019 holding roles including intern, editorial assistant and staff writer, he rejoined in September 2022. He was a founding panellist on The Week Unwrapped podcast, often discussing politics, foreign affairs and conspiracy theories, sometimes separately, sometimes all at once. Now he takes on the early shift with 6am starts curating the UK daily morning newsletter and commissioning stories for the website's daily news output.
Before rejoining The Week, Jamie worked in the Civil Service as a Senior Press Officer at the Department for Transport. Over three years, he developed a penchant for crisis communications working on Brexit, the fuel crisis, the response to Covid-19 and HS2. Despite enjoying the cut and thrust of Westminster politics, he always harboured a desire to return to the world of journalism where he had started out at The Edinburgh Journal in 2012 before moving on to work for the European Youth Press in 2014. Jamie was also a member of the Unesco Global Media Alliance On Media And Gender's International Steering Committee. He has a Social History degree from the University of Edinburgh and can be found on Twitter @JKTimson.
Latest articles by Jamie Timson, The Week UK
-
Ukrainian hackers’ hoax unmasks Russian pilots accused of Mariupol theatre bombing
Speed Read Military wives and girlfriends duped into posing for photoshoot in ‘virtual false-flag operation’
By Jamie Timson Published
Speed Read -
Experts call for AI pause over risk to humanity
Speed Read Open letter says powerful new systems should only be developed once it is known they are safe
By Jamie Timson Published
Speed Read -
Facial recognition technology and policing: an unholy alliance?
Talking Point Grey area for AI leads to claims that everyone is being put into ‘a perpetual police line-up’
By Jamie Timson Published
Talking Point -
Major incident declared after oil leak in Poole
Speed Read Swimmers in Dorset beauty spot warned not to enter Europe’s largest natural harbour
By Jamie Timson Published
Speed Read -
Balmoral Arms review: a hotel fit for a king
The Week Recommends This Highlands hideaway provides the warmest of welcomes for weary travellers
By Jamie Timson Published
The Week Recommends -
Nigerian politician guilty of organ-harvesting plot in landmark UK case
Speed Read Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife and a medical middleman were convicted under Modern Slavery Act
By Jamie Timson Published
Speed Read -
#PropertyTok: the surprising rise of the landlord influencer
Talking Point New subgenre of social media content promises financial freedom but at what cost?
By Jamie Timson Published
Talking Point -
The Premier League’s short-haul flights crisis
Talking Point Top teams choose to fly despite it being between 25 and 30 times worse for the environment
By Jamie Timson Published
Talking Point -
Quiz of The Week: 5 - 11 March
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
By Jamie Timson Published
Puzzles and Quizzes -
Money can actually make you happier, says top economist
Speed Read Daniel Kahneman changes his mind after once claiming six-figure salaries don’t increase happiness
By Jamie Timson Published
Speed Read -
Thousands protest in Georgia over contentious ‘foreign agent law’
In Pictures Police use tear gas and stun grenades to disperse those demonstrating against ‘Kremlin-inspired’ crackdown
By Jamie Timson Published
In Pictures -
Wild Isles: TV producers feared avian flu would kill David Attenborough
Speed Read The 96-year-old broadcaster was kept away from shearwater chicks following virus warning
By Jamie Timson Published
Speed Read -
Selective Outrage: what Chris Rock says about Will Smith and the Oscars in new Netflix special
Speed Read Comedian accuses Jada Pinkett Smith of hurting her husband ‘way more than he hurt me’
By Jamie Timson Published
Speed Read -
Quiz of The Week: 26 February - 4 March
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
By Jamie Timson Published
Puzzles and Quizzes -
Modi’s operandi: what will Indian PM do with G20 presidency?
Today's Big Question India’s tricky balancing act over Ukraine dominates foreign ministers’ summit
By Jamie Timson Last updated
Today's Big Question -
Godzilla the alligator found in New York park
Speed Read Officials say the ‘cold-shocked’ reptile was probably an abandoned pet
By Jamie Timson Published
Speed Read -
Rewriting Roald Dahl: ‘absurd censorship’ or a sign of the times?
Talking Point References to weight, mental health, gender and race have been changed having been deemed offensive to modern readers
By Jamie Timson Published
Talking Point -
Ballet director suspended after dog poo attack on critic
Speed Read Marco Goecke accused of assaulting reviewer who said his work would make audiences ‘die from boredom’
By Jamie Timson Published
Speed Read -
What is Russia plotting in Moldova?
feature Prime minister Natalia Gavriliţa resigns following months of rising Russian pressure
By Jamie Timson Last updated
feature -
Sky Brown becomes UK’s first skateboarding world champion
Speed Read 14-year-old follows up Olympic bronze medal with golden triumph in the UAE
By Jamie Timson Published
Speed Read -
Will Turkey’s earthquake failures bring about the end of Erdoğan?
Today's Big Question President seeking to enter third decade of power faces accusations of inaction and hindering relief effort
By Jamie Timson Published
Today's Big Question -
Disney’s Hong Kong service deletes Simpsons ‘forced labour’ episode
Speed Read Episode titled One Angry Lisa episode removed from Disney+ streaming platform in the Chinese territory amid growing censorship concerns
By Jamie Timson Published
Speed Read -
Chatbot wars: Google launches Bard to take on ChatGPT
Under the Radar Search giant’s first foray into generative AI sets the scene for new conflict among Big Tech companies
By Jamie Timson Published
Under the Radar -
What happened to Tyre Nichols?
Speed Read President Biden calls for ‘peaceful protest’ ahead of video release showing Memphis police officers fatally injuring 29-year-old
By Jamie Timson Published
Speed Read