Career
Mel Thompson writes book on Philosophy and Ethics for the general reader and for students. From 1990 to 1998 he was editor of the Religious Education list at Hodder Education. He is a member and former Chair of the Educational Writers Group at the Society of Authors, and is interested in exploring ways in which new technology can enhance opportunities for writers.
Concerned that copyright should be respected and authors paid when their work is used, Mel Thompson was, from 2003 to 2010, a non-executive director of the Authors Licensing and Collecting Society, and was also a non-executive director and Chair of the Copyright Licensing Agency.
Foreign his views on copyright see the YouTube video published by the Copyright Licensing Agency in 2012. Convinced that some things are easier to ‘see’ than to explain, Mel Thompson is a keen photographer, with a section on ‘visual philosophy’ on his website.
He also recognises the importance of personal roots, takes an interest in local historian and is a volunteer at the Little Baddow History Centre where he manages the Centre website.
