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Here’s a key task for the new boss at the BBC: solve the mystery of all the disappearing women

A report detailing how the careers of female presenters are curtailed should be a clarion call. The problem has endured for too long, says journalist and broadcaster Anne McElvoy

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12

OPINION - Power, corruption and political meltdown: how is Sarkozy's imprisonment the most stable thing about France?

The former president rides into battle against trouble he has largely created for himself, says Anne McElvoy

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025

OPINION - Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are losing their grip as rebels sharpen the knives

The PM’s strategy feels like the posture of a man trying to stay upright on one leg on a balance ball, writes Anne McElvoy

Evening Standard · Jun 5, 2025

Anne McElvoy: Tory feuds undermine Rishi Sunak and his bid to avoid general election wipeout

It’s blue-on-blue internal Tory wars again: to which you might reply, “When wasn’t it, in living memory?”

Evening Standard · Nov 24, 2022

Richard Bacon's life and career from Blue Peter sacking to BBC Question Time panel

He joined MPs Paul Scully and Bridget Phillipson, Karan Bilimoria and journalist Anne McElvoy on Question Time in Manchester

Wales Online · Sep 29, 2022

Anne McElvoy: There is no version of an independent Ukraine that Vladimir Putin will tolerate

A note to ourselves about the Russia-Ukraine crisis. It is “about” us — in the sense that war waged between Russia and a large landmass whose name literally means “on the borderlands” of east and western Europe is inevitably an area of vital strategic interest.

Evening Standard · Feb 22, 2022

Anne McElvoy: The risk of a Russian war with Ukraine is high — and we’ll all suffer

Putin has been undeniably shrewd in commanding the tactical fields of play

Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2022