Nick Thorpe

Author, broadcaster, film-maker
New book: Walking Europe's Last Wilderness - A Journey through the Carpathian Mountains. Out on 11 Feb 2025.

[Nick Thorpe @NickFT]

'Are not these woods more free
from peril than the envious court?'

Excited to reveal the cover of my new book:
Walking Europe's Last Wilderness
available for pre-order now:
https://t.co/Im8JoLfzcu

with many thanks to all at @YaleBooks

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My thoughts on the 1956 anniversary in Hungary - beyond the hype https://t.co/Ft9IISjEGB

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The Good Tribe https://t.co/RgPlMdrZ8W

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On the Great Hungarian Plain https://t.co/PU00eVcrWy

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The Brittleness of Power https://t.co/I7djsByUGf

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A Kind of Solution https://t.co/nRmF1eoB8S

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Session 01 - Dimbes https://t.co/m9FkC3R58n via @YouTube

[Steve Rosenberg @BBCSteveR]

It was an honour for me to play the piano at George Alagiah’s memorial service. Such an emotional, uplifting celebration of his life. Here’s the montage of George at work and at home for which I provided a musical accompaniment.

[Jeremy Bowen @BowenBBC]

Courageous, gut-wrenching. Read this from the BBC correspondent in Gaza, who is also a father and husband. https://t.co/pFNMBxnnaF

[Steve Rosenberg @BBCSteveR]

Remembering my jam sessions with Mikhail Gorbachev. @BBCNews

[Nick Thorpe @NickFT]

@Autokefal @BBC_CurrAff @BBCSounds Fair request. But the info is there: Family & Fear of horrors of the front. There was also indignation about the way conscription takes place. But our reporting was based in Romania, an investigative report inside Ukraine could focus on that.

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@Autokefal @BBC_CurrAff @BBCSounds Some people put family before country. Is that so unusual? My task as a reporter is to report, not judge.

[Jonathan Dimbleby @dimbleby_jd]

Broadcasters and journalists should challenge ministers who use the term "illegal" immigrants when referring to asylum seekers crossing the Channel in small boats. It is poor journalism not to do so.They may be "unlawful" but they have done nothing illegal. Why not say so?

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

How sad and painful it is to see closed doors: the closed doors of our selfishness, of our indifference towards those who are suffering, towards those who are foreigners, different, the migrant, the poor. Let's open those doors, please! https://t.co/BjlyF4PyPj

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

I thank the beloved Hungarian people for their welcome and the affection I have experienced in these days. I entrust all Hungarians to Our Lady. Grateful for these days, I keep you in my heart and ask you to pray for me. Isten áld meg a magyart!

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In remarkable sermon @Pontifex asked audience to open the doors closed to ‘migrants and the poor’. Italian: ‘migrante, povero.’ Disappointingly translated as ‘menekültek’ = refugees

[Joey D'Urso @josephmdurso]

This is interesting in the context of stuff the other day linking the decline in Christianity in the UK to immigration. I don't think I've ever seen a top level white British footballer speak so frankly about religion.

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"disgusting, sinful and criminal’” - Pope Francis on the European response to migrants: https://t.co/mM8GJBbNiv

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As a result of my report, the electricity company have already promised action: https://t.co/wXYz1bvRi7 #hungary #storks #wildbirds #ClimateEmergency

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@bkalnoky More serious, perhaps, is when they don’t tell the truth: https://t.co/oVI7ZOrrPj