Anne McElvoy
Anne McElvoy | |
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Born | 25 June 1965 |
Nationality | British |
Education | St Bede's RC Comprehensive School |
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Spouse(s) | Martin Ivens |
Anne McElvoy (born 25 June 1965) is a British journalist for The Economist and Evening Standard, and a broadcaster.[1]
Early life
McElvoy attended St Bede's RC Comprehensive School in Lanchester, County Durham and read German and Philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford. She spent a year at Humboldt University of Berlin, then in East Berlin, studying East German literature and censorship.
Career
Newspapers
She joined The Times in 1988 as a graduate trainee, heavily covering the dissolution of eastern Europe, and later reporting from Moscow. In 1995 she became Deputy Editor of The Spectator, as well as being a columnist on its sister publication, The Daily Telegraph.[1]
In 1997 she became Associate Editor of The Independent. In 2002 she moved to the Evening Standard as Executive Editor remaining until 2009, though McElvoy still contributes a weekly political column. In 2009 she joined The Economist.
Broadcasting
She has been a regular presenter of the BBC Radio 3 discussion programme Night Waves since 2009, and has appeared on BBC2's Newsnight Review. She also occasionally appears on Radio 4's The Moral Maze. [2]
Personal life
In 1994 she married Martin Ivens, also a journalist, who since January 2013, is the acting Editor of The Sunday Times. They have two sons and one daughter.
Publications
- —— (1992). The Saddled Cow: East Germany’s Life & Legacy. Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0571165919.
- —— (1997). Man without a Face: The Autobiography of Communism's Greatest Spymaster. Jonathan Cape Ltd. ISBN 978-0224044981.
- —— (1998). Memoirs of a Spymaster: The Man Who Waged a Secret War Against the West. Pimlico. ISBN 978-0712666558.
References
External links
- Anne McElvoy on Twitter
- Guardian profile
- Evening Standard
- New Statesman
- Newsnight Review
- What The Papers Say
Video clips
- This Week April 2011
- The Review Show November 2010
- Daily Politics March 2010
- Daily Politics February 2010