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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

  • What prisons can teach us about democracy
  • In sucking up to China, Sunak and Cleverly risk looking as obsequious and naive as Cameron and Osborne
  • Prigozhin’s death exposes a weak despot
  • A glorious tale of greed
  • The grotesque deeds of this angel of death expose yet again the culture of denial, delay and secrecy that scars the NHS

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Mississippi yearning: driving down America’s Great River Road

Published in The Guardian (December 4th, 2010) As we nudged the Mustang on to the vast metal bridge spanning the... Read Full Article

This award is premature – and potentially very foolish

Published in The Independent (October 10th, 2009) When Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, the American... Read Full Article

Lessons from the flood

Published in The Sunday Telegraph (September 12, 2010) Five years ago, America was struggling to come to terms with the... Read Full Article

Virginia and Maryland: On the trail of the lonesome pine

Published in The Independent (September 24th, 2005) First there was the twang of country music, which turned out to be... 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

  • What prisons can teach us about democracy
  • In sucking up to China, Sunak and Cleverly risk looking as obsequious and naive as Cameron and Osborne
  • Prigozhin’s death exposes a weak despot
  • A glorious tale of greed
  • The grotesque deeds of this angel of death expose yet again the culture of denial, delay and secrecy that scars the NHS

Tags

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

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