This potentially raises the risk of cancer, reproductive problems, and other ills. Richard Thompson, professor of marine biology at the University of Plymouth, aims to change that. Thompson was ...

It’s a tough call whether Richard Thompson is better known as a songwriter or as a guitarist, but there’s no question which comes first for Thompson: The song is paramount. From his early days ...

Every Richard Thompson album is a gem, as the guy just doesn’t know how to turn in a clunker. Electric , from 2013, is one of his best from the last few decades.

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. Richard Thompson, the British singer-songwriter-guitarist who has been writing and recording music since the '60s, is about to launch a summer concert tour ...

40 years on from its release, Wayne Gooderham revisits the second album Richard Thompson recorded in the wake of his split from wife Linda, and finds a subtle, off-kilter – and unfairly overlooked – ...

Rolling Stone has named Richard Thompson a top 100 guitarists and called him “one of rock’s most dazzling stylists.” Who: Richard Thompson When: 8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 7 Where: Uptown ...

Legendary singer and songwriter Richard Thompson plays at the cherished Tabernacle venue. Prolific and legendary songwriter Richard Thompson brings his wide-ranging collection of songs to the ...

Marine biologist Richard Thompson was out looking at barnacles in tide pools one morning in 1993 when he started noticing small pieces of plastic deposited by the tide—lots of them. Years later ...