Sophie Elmhirst
Sophie Elmhirst is a contributing writer at the New Statesman. She previously worked for Save the Children, the Guardian and Prospect.
Articles by Sophie Elmhirst
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Fiction
The man with the child in his eyes
- 17 November 2011
Michael Morpurgo failed when he tried to join the army, and then notched up a Third at university. Today, he is an acclaimed storyteller and children’s writer — author of War Horse, due to hit cinema screens in a big-budget production from Steven Spielberg.
Health
The NS Interview: Clare Gerada, physician
- 14 November 2011
“This reform is so large you can see it from outer space”
Books
The NS Interview: Miranda July, writer and film-maker
- 10 November 2011
“It’s more interesting to play the person who makes mistakes”
Europe
“I’d have been ashamed not to join the IRA”
- 26 October 2011
- 36 comments
Sophie Elmhirst joins Martin McGuinness on the presidential campaign trail in Dublin, and finds an ever-smiling mover, struggling to present himself as a man of peace.
Remembering the Charge of the Light Brigade
- 25 October 2011
- 6 comments
The Battle of Balaclava was 157 years ago today
