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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

  • I’ve seen the fragility of our way of life, how precious is peace and the need for constant vigilance against tyranny
  • Town of the Damned
  • World’s most infamous mercenary steps out the shadows
  • Slaughter of the conscripts
  • How to fix the NHS and social care

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A symbol of corrosive failure

Published by The i paper (11th February, 2019) Flying home on Saturday night from Denmark after reporting on another European... Read Full Article

Whoops – there go the railways, says Westminster’s answer to Mr Bean

Published by The Guardian (20th September, 2018) Imagine you were running a business and one of your senior managers left... Read Full Article

Senseless fines driving rail passengers round the bend

Published by The Times (2nd November, 2017) I went to Hull and back earlier this month. My trip was for... Read Full Article

The profit motive can protect the public

Published by The Daily Telegraph (20th June, 2017) A few years back I boarded a flight from Djibouti to Somaliland.... Read Full Article

The fat city that declared war on obesity

Published by Mosaic (13th October, 2015) &  The Atlantic (14th October, 2015) When Velveth Monterroso arrived in the USA from her... Read Full Article

Forget the nostalgia for British Rail – our trains are better than ever

Published in The Guardian (August 16th, 2013) There is a weary predictability to the political choreography. Once again, it’s revealed,... Read Full Article

Recent Articles

  • I’ve seen the fragility of our way of life, how precious is peace and the need for constant vigilance against tyranny
  • Town of the Damned
  • World’s most infamous mercenary steps out the shadows
  • Slaughter of the conscripts
  • How to fix the NHS and social care

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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 Labour LibDems Libya May Miliband MoS NHS Nigeria Observer Putin Russia social care Syria Times Trump Ukip Ukraine UN UnHerd USA

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