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Ian Birrell

  • Award-winning columnist and foreign reporter. Contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday and weekly columnist in the 'i' paper. Writes regularly for many other papers, platforms and magazines. Frequent broadcaster and speaker at events. Co-founder wth Damon Albarn of the Africa Express music project and executive producer of 4 albums...Read more
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Recent Articles

  • Notes to a stranger: Thank you for smiling at my daughter
  • Just how low can China go?
  • Now a struggle starts for the soul of our nation
  • The PM is hopelessly out of his depth
  • Will we ever learn the truth about China and the pandemic?

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The courage of a madman

Published by The Spectator (14th November, 2020) The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War and Everest... Read Full Article

The music industry has been left to die

Published by UnHerd (12th October, 2020) After more than a decade in the music business, Georgia Barnes was on the... Read Full Article

Tantrums of a tyrant

Published by The Spectator (8th August, 2020) Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen (Granta) It is easy to forget the abnormality... Read Full Article

Beat perfect until the end

Published by The i paper (4th May, 2020) Last Thursday I received an email from Audrey Gbaguidi, a singer whom... Read Full Article

Binge-watching in the time of Covid-19: Fauda

Published by UnHerd (18th March, 2020) Perhaps it has something to do with a job that takes me to hotspots... Read Full Article

Plumbing the depths

Published by The Spectator (14th March, 2020) Going Dark: The Secret Social Life of Extremists by Julia Exner (Bloomsbury) Two... Read Full Article

Fear and facts: why we ignore experts

Published by The i paper (2nd March, 2020) Six months ago, an American musician friend sent me two books with... Read Full Article

Notes from a cruel climate

Published by The Observer (23rd February, 2020) The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts (Doubleday) Sophy Roberts’s first glimpse... Read Full Article

Whitney’s back from the dead. But is her hologram tour a joyful tribute or ghoulish exploitation?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th February, 2020) Whitney Houston will soon be back on stage. Tickets are being... Read Full Article

How would you respond to the rise of Nazism?

Published by UnHerd (3rd January, 2020) My book of this decade might seem a strange choice. It was written in... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • Notes to a stranger: Thank you for smiling at my daughter
  • Just how low can China go?
  • Now a struggle starts for the soul of our nation
  • The PM is hopelessly out of his depth
  • Will we ever learn the truth about China and the pandemic?

Tags

aid autism Blair Boris Brexit Cameron China coalition Conservatives Corbyn coronavirus crime Daily Mail democracy Dfid Disability drugs Ethiopia EU Guardian human rights immigration Independent ipaper Isis Kenya Labour LibDems Libya May Miliband MoS NHS Nigeria Observer Putin Russia Syria Times Trump Ukip Ukraine UN UnHerd USA

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