Anne McElvoy (born 25 June 1965) is a British journalist, contributing to '' The Economist'', London '' Evening Standard'', and the BBC.

Early life

McElvoy attended St Bede's RC Comprehensive School in Lanchester, County Durham, and read German and Philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford. While at Oxford University, she edited '' Cherwell'', the student newspaper. She spent a year at the Humboldt University of Berlin, then in

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, studying

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and censorship.

Career

Newspapers

She joined '' The Times'' in 1988 as a graduate trainee, writing frequently about 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''. Anne McElvoy 2017

In 1997, McElvoy became associate editor of '' The Independent''. In 2002 she moved to the '' Evening Standard'' as executive editor remaining until 2009, though she still contributes a weekly political column. In 2009 she joined '' The Economist''. She wrote ''The Saddled Cow: East Germany's Life And Legacy,'' and is the co-author of

Markus Wolf Markus Johannes Wolf (19 January 1923 – 9 November 2006), also known as Mischa, was head of the Main Directorate for Reconnaissance (), the foreign intelligence division of East Germany's Ministry for State Security (, abbreviated MfS, commonl ...

's best-selling memoir ''Man Without A Face: The Autobiography Of Communism's Greatest Spymaster''.

Broadcasting

She has been a regular presenter of the

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late-night discussion programme since 2009, initially on '' Night Waves'', and then its successor programme, ''Free Thinking''. She has also appeared on BBC2's '' Newsnight Review'', contributes to BBC Radio 4's ''

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'' as well as presenting ''Across the Red Line'', bringing two figures on opposing sides of a debate together with conflict resolution experts to listen to each other. She is the head of Economist Radio.

Publications

* McElvoy, Anne (1992). ''The Saddled Cow: East Germany's Life And Legacy.''

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() * Wolf, Markus and McElvoy, Anne (1997). ''Man Without A Face: The Autobiography of Communism's Greatest Spymaster.'' Jonathan Cape Ltd. ()

References

External links

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Guardian profile

Evening Standard

New Statesman

Newsnight Review

What The Papers Say
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