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Sophie Elmhirst

Sophie Elmhirst is features editor of the New Statesman

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Books
Reviewed: Harry’s Games: Inside the Mind of Harry Redknapp by John Crace
16 May 2013

Win or lose, on the booze.

Ideas
Every now and then something pops out of the forest to remind us about wildness
10 May 2013

Left Field: On wild boar and other beasts.

Books
Mohsin Hamid: "I think the personal is political and the political is personal"
12 April 2013

The Books Interview.

Ideas
From Gethsemane to your back garden, life is full of betrayal
26 March 2013

Betrayal is not always a not always an act of malicious intent, or a sign of power. It can be a demonstration of weakness.

Books
Reviewed: The Book of My Lives by Aleksandar Hemon
21 March 2013

Splintered self.

Sci-Tech
Digital elite: A bleak vision of the future
14 March 2013

Sophie Elmhirst meets Jaron Lanier.

Ideas
Andrew Solomon: “Gay parenting is never accidental, or casual or careless”
28 February 2013

The meaning and power of love.

Ideas
What the “brown recluse” spider can tell us about the condition of modern celebrity
27 February 2013
UK Politics
Our high-speed politicians need to learn the quiet, unassuming virtue of patience
07 February 2013

Nothing is as simple as it seems.

Books
George Saunders: "Writing feels like a high-wire communication"
10 January 2013

The Books Interview.

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