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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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Dive into St Lucia’s most beguiling bay

Published by The Daily Mail (15th October, 2016) One of the few advantages of jet lag is waking early to... Read Full Article

Terrific for turtles

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Beaux-Arts beauty bought back to life

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Mississippi yearning: driving down America’s Great River Road

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The island at the heart of the world

Published in The Independent (December 26th, 2009) My hands were freezing as we lumbered across the lava fields, swaddled in... Read Full Article

24-Hour Room Service: Margutta 54, Rome

Published in The Independent (October 31st, 2009) The plan seemed simple. A couple of days in Paris, then the overnight... Read Full Article

Libya: From desert to oasis

Published in The Independent (December 8th, 2007) Ali took a hunk of camel meat and carefully chopped it into tiny... Read Full Article

Virginia and Maryland: On the trail of the lonesome pine

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Recent Articles

  • The West can play a part defeating dictatorship
  • Virus ‘definitely’ began in China, say US scientists
  • Musicians deserve a helping hand
  • Theresa May is in no position to lecture on moral leadership
  • The inhumanity of deeming some lives ‘more valuable’ than others

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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