Anne McElvoy

Anne McElvoy
Born	(1965-06-25) 25 June 1965
Nationality	British
Education	St Bede's RC Comprehensive School
Alma mater	Wadham College, Oxford Humboldt University of Berlin
Occupations	Journalist Broadcaster
Spouse	Martin Ivens
Children	Benjamin Ivens, Gabriel Ivens and Isolde Ivens
Parent(s)	Alexander McElvoy Mary Margaret Bartley/McElvoy

Anne McElvoy (born 25 June 1965) is a British journalist for The Economist and the London Evening Standard, and a broadcaster.

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.

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. She has also written Man Without A Face:The Autobiography Of Communism's Greatest Spymaster, Memoirs Of A Spymaster: The Man Who Waged A Secret War Against The West, and The Saddled Cow: East Germany's Life And Legacy.

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 contributes to BBC Radio 4's The Moral Maze.

Personal life

In 1994, McElvoy married Martin Ivens, also a journalist, who is the editor of The Sunday Times. The couple have two sons and one daughter.

Publications

• McElvoy, Anne (1992). The Saddled Cow: East Germany’s Life & Legacy. Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0571165919. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• McElvoy, Anne (1997). Man Without A Face: The Autobiography of Communism's Greatest Spymaster. Jonathan Cape Ltd. ISBN 978-0224044981. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• McElvoy, Anne (1998). Memoirs Of A Spymaster: The Man Who Waged a Secret War Against the West. Pimlico. ISBN 978-0712666558. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)

External links

• Anne McElvoy on Twitter
• Anne McElvoy on Journalisted
• 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