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Sophie Elmhirst

Sophie Elmhirst is features editor of the New Statesman

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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.

Society
Try the High Line. There’s a freedom in losing your bearings
13 December 2012

Think how refreshing it would be if, once in a while, people admitted that they weren't sure about things.

Film
Sexts and the CIA: get ready for the film, starring Russell Crowe as General Petraeus
15 November 2012

The movie will be a blast.

Books
What scares Conrad Black? Being forgotten
01 November 2012

Sophie Elmhirst has coffee with the last tycoon.

The Staggers
Behind the scenes: what's it like to edit a magazine in a language no one in the office speaks?
18 October 2012

Sophie Elmhirst on the story behind Ai Weiwei's guest-edit of the New Statesman.

Media
Ai Weiwei: “If someone is not free, I am not free”
11 October 2012

The Chinese authorities have tried to erase Ai Weiwei’s identity from the internet. In revenge, he has made himself into an icon of subversion. Meet our next guest editor...

Ideas
Word Games: Sorry
04 October 2012

Nick Clegg was so, so sorry, but what does that actually mean?

Books
The unquiet mind of Hilary Mantel
03 October 2012

A portrait of the author of the Booker-winning Wolf Hall. She talks to Sophie Elmhirst about memory, class, Bring Up the Bodies and the unsettled writer’s life.

Ideas
Word Games: Ebacc
20 September 2012

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