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Featuring academics and experts from The Times and The Sunday Times

Bruno Waterfield
Oliver Moody
Science correspondent at The Times
Featuring in Mapping the Human Genome
Oliver Moody has been The Times’ science correspondent since 2015. His particular interests are in biology, medicine, artificial intelligence, and behavioural economics.
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Mark Bridge
Technology correspondent at The Times
Featuring in Inventions that Changed the World
Mark Bridge is technology correspondent at The Times. He started his Times career in 2006 as a personal finance reporter, and has also written for the Money and Bricks & Mortar sections.
Bruno Waterfield
Nancy Durrant
Arts Commissioning Editor at The Times
Featuring in Art and Its Impact: A Retrospective
Nancy Durrant is the arts commissioning editor at The Times, focusing on visual art and theatre, as well as an art critic since joining the paper in 2003.
Bruno Waterfield
Oliver Kamm
Leader Writer and Columnist at The Times
Featuring in Tongue in Cheek: A Lighthearted Look at Language
Oliver Kamm is a leader writer and columnist for The Times. He joined the newspaper in 2008 and now writes popular weekly columns on language and the economy.
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Rachel Campbell Johnston
Chief Art Critic at The Times
Featuring in Art and Its Impact: A Retrospective
Rachel Campbell-Johnston is the chief art critic at The Times. Appointed in 2002, she has also been the paper's poetry editor, leader writer, deputy comment editor, obituary writer and deputy books editor.
Bruno Waterfield
Daniel Finkelstein
Columnist at The Times
Featuring in Superpowers: The American Establishment
Daniel Finkelstein, appointed to the House of Lords in 2013, writes a weekly column for The Times. Previously, he was adviser to Prime Minister John Major and Conservative leader William Hague.
Bruno Waterfield
Rachel Sylvester
Columnist at The Times
Featuring in Women Who Have Shaped Modern Politics
Rachel Sylvester is a political columnist at The Times. She started writing about politics in 1996 and was a lobby correspondent on The Daily Telegraph before becoming political editor of The Independent on Sunday.
Bruno Waterfield
Kat Lay
Health correspondent at The Times
Featuring in Fads and Fiction: Navigating Your Nutrition
Kat Lay is health correspondent at The Times, which she joined in 2012. She has previously worked at the News of the World and the People newspapers.
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Michael Binyon
Leader Writer at The Times
Featuring in Superpowers: China Rising
Michael Binyon is the diplomatic editor for the Times since 1991. He has also been an editorial writer, columnist, and foreign correspondent for The Times since 1971.
Bruno Waterfield
Bruno Waterfield
Brussels correspondent at The Times
Featuring in It's Complicated: Britain's Uneasy Relationship with Europe
Bruno Waterfield is the Brussels correspondent for The Times. He has reported on European affairs for 15 years, first from Westminster and then from the capital of the European Union.
Bruno Waterfield
Richard Morrison
Chief Music Critic at The Times
Featuring in The Orchestra: Making Beautiful Music Together
Richard Morrison is the chief music critic of The Times and writes a wide-ranging weekly column on cultural and social matters. Previously, he also edited the paper's arts pages.
Bruno Waterfield
Neil Fisher
Deputy Arts Editor at The Times
Featuring in Modern Masters: 20th Century Composers
Neil Fisher is deputy arts editor and music critic for The Times. He joined The Times in 2004 and has written reviews and features on classical music and opera since then.
Bruno Waterfield
Matthew Parris
Columnist at The Times
Featuring in Royals: The Windsors
Matthew Parris joined The Times in 1988. He was the paper’s parliamentary sketch writer for 13 years and now writes a diary column on Wednesdays and an opinion column on Saturdays.
Bruno Waterfield
Jonathan Morrison
Architecture Correspondent at The Times
Featuring in Modern Masters: The Architecture of Norman Foster
As an Architecture correspondent, Jonathan Morrison writes regular pieces for the Times on building structure and design
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Tom Whipple
Science Editor at The Times
Featuring in Mapping the Human Genome
Tom Whipple joined The Times in 2006. As a science correspondent, he writes science news and features across the paper.

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