Charles Thomson

Tonight, HBO will premiere its new James Brown documentary 'Mr Dynamite', directed by Oscar-winner Alex Gibney. The movie charts the...

Watching the trailer for the new James Brown biopic Get On Up, I was surprised to notice it prominently featured a scene in which Mr Brown i...

A few weeks ago I published an article titled 'The Big Payback' , all about James Brown's little-known humanitarian work and hi...

My latest in-depth feature, 'The Big Payback' , explored a variety of humanitarian initiatives inspired by Godfather of Soul James B...

Today the Orchard Times published my latest feature ; the first of its kind (in-depth, multiple interviewees) that I've written since 20...

Having successfully ripped my Sky News appearance from a DVD and uploaded it to the YouTube, I was inspired to pluck another clip from my a...

Exactly one week ago, as I sit here this evening and type this blog entry, I was sitting in the bar at the Grafton Hotel, London, with one o...

In this clip from our exclusive interview, Tomi Rae Brown - widow of soul singer James Brown - emphatically denies press reports that her hu...

Seasons greetings! Just a brief update to let you know that my exclusive interview with James Brown's widow, Tomi Rae Brown, was publish...

R.I.P Phelps 'Catfish' Collins, 1944-2010 (Photo: Flickriver) I learned today from my friend Tony Wilson that Phelps Collins, the le...

My hour-long interview with Jane Heaven on KPFA radio is now available on YouTube. Here is part one. Parts 2-6 are available from the same u...

The bulk of my KPFA radio interview with Jane Heaven is now available to stream online. CLICK HERE to listen. I come in at 2hrs 06mins. The ...

I will be live tonight (Sunday night) on KPFA 94.1FM, starting at around midnight (PST) [that's 7am Monday, GMT], to discuss Michael Jac...

I've been chosen as the subject of this month's FreelanceUK Spotlight Feature. The monthly interview focuses on the peaks and pitfal...

It is difficult to know where to begin in my summary of 2009. It has been action-packed, for sure. 2009 has seen me make the surprisingly sp...

In 2005 Aphrodite Jones was one of only two authors granted access to every day of the Michael Jackson trial. With seven New York Times best...

Charles Thomson, award winning writer. That's how I shall be billing myself from now on. On Wednesday evening I received a prestigious G...

Just a quick note to say that I have been shortlisted by the Guardian Student Media Awards in the Feature Writer of the Year category. I ha...