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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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The unlikely triumph of capitalism

Published in The Independent (April 4th, 2009) Presidents, politicians, pundits and protesters are united: Capitalism is in crisis; free markets... Read Full Article

These poor unfortunates are pawns in a game of power politics

Published in The Independent (April 1st, 2009) Michael was sitting in the shade of a building site with about 20... Read Full Article

Iona and Ivan – a tale of two children and two families

Published in The Independent (February 26th, 2009) I awoke to the sound of my daughter, Iona, screaming yesterday morning, shortly... Read Full Article

The other side of modern Africa

Published in The Independent (December 7th, 2008) The disintegration of Zimbabwe continues. The killing goes on in Congo and Darfur.... Read Full Article

Why turn away these people that we need so badly?

Published in The Independent (September 10th, 2008) Sonia trained as a nurse in Nairobi before coming to Britain a decade... Read Full Article

Music from the heart of the Congo

Published in The Independent (February 29th, 2008) The tiny stage was packed as a heavy, dancehall rhythm rumbled out into... Read Full Article

Journey into the beating heart of Africa

Published in The Independent (October 13th, 2006) We ducked into a covered alleyway, where two elderly men with grizzled beards,... Read Full Article

The hell I share with David Cameron

Published in The Spectator (October 22nd, 2005) My daughter suffered two seizures the other night. One was shortly after midnight,... Read Full Article

The calm after the storm

Published in The Independent (March 26th, 2005) The two elderly ladies, with their blue rinses and bubble-perms, were explaining how... Read Full Article

Summer in New England

Published in The Independent (May 22nd, 2004) Things began badly. After 15 years, I had finally persuaded my wife to... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • Driven along the road to nowhere
  • Frank Dobson’s death is a reminder of Labour’s decay
  • Six Spanish steps towards political paralysis
  • Voters do not know who to believe
  • Hancock apology to autistic girl locked up for 2 years

Tags

aid autism Blair Boris Brexit Cameron China coalition Conservatives Corbyn 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 Standard Syria Times Trump Ukip Ukraine UN UnHerd USA

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