Sophie Elmhirst

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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Fun in the pun

  • 07 September 2009

Top Gear, eat your proverbial heart out

Headline of the Week!

  • 02 September 2009
  • 2 comments

Who knew overpriced swimwear could be so entertaining?

Are you desirable?

  • 01 September 2009

Only if you're friends with loads of oligarchs, obviously

Triumph of the Invisible Dot

  • 31 August 2009

A round-up of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards

Hopeless criminals

  • 28 August 2009

Hardcore Wire-esque front-line story of the week

Is it the end for humanity?

  • 27 August 2009
  • 1 comment

Can I BEEP help you BEEP?

Get fat fast!

  • 26 August 2009
  • 4 comments

Only read this if you want to simultaneously salivate and feel very sick

Cult classic

  • 25 August 2009
  • 2 comments

Is it a film? Is it a dance? No it's a Bulgarian cult!

Hard times

  • 20 August 2009
  • 1 comment

Suicide rates rose at shocking speed after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 – and have done with each recession in the past century.

Oh the larks

  • 13 August 2009
  • 2 comments

This looks like an incredible amount of fun, if you like water slides

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Film review

A Serious Man

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