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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The celebs fight back
- 09 July 2011
- 20 comments
Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan - this was the week the celebrities went to war on the tabloids
"This is not the best time in my life"
- 09 July 2011
- 15 comments
Recording of Rebekah Brooks's speech to staff is leaked as Rupert Murdoch arrives in the UK
Health
The NS Interview: Robert Winston, doctor and Labour peer
- 07 July 2011
- 1 comment
“It’s difficult to be a doctor and a genuine right-winger”
Broadcast
Exclusive: Mark Thompson on BSkyB and Murdoch
- 06 July 2011
- 5 comments
The director general of the BBC speaks to Joan Bakewell in an exclusive interview with the New Statesman .
Newspapers
Oligarch, reinvented
- 01 July 2011
- 11 comments
Evgeny Lebedev, son of a billionaire, owns newspapers, restaurants and a mansion near London. He believes he can change the image of Russians in Britain – just don’t mistake him for a football club owner.
Society
After the coal rush
- 22 June 2011
- 1 comment
Not all of Kent is a tourist haven like Canterbury or as middle class as Tunbridge Wells. With the mines gone and unemployment high, its tight-knit rural communities face a daily struggle.
