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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

  • Anthony Fauci’s pardon shames America
  • We must listen to angry young men
  • Trump’s talk of land grabs are a gift to dictators
  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion

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Aid charities miss the point with call for free Covid jabs

Published by The Times (10th December, 2020) Amid the joy at seeing the first elderly Britons inoculated against Covid-19, a... 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

Coronavirus will expose Africa’s tyrants

Published by UnHerd (9th April, 2020) When Muhammadu Buhari was elected president of Nigeria in 2015 — amid a wave... Read Full Article

Can Zuckerberg control his monster?

Published by UnHerd (19th November, 2018) It seems incredible Facebook is only 14 years old. The firm’s penetration of the... Read Full Article

It’s not the Maybolt’s dance moves that are the true horror of her African trip

Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd September, 2018) Theresa May’s robotic dancing made some people laugh. But the Maybot... Read Full Article

Chimps for chumps: inside the cruel world of ape smuggling

Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th January, 2018) The crate flown in from Istanbul was filled with exotic creatures... Read Full Article

A well-trodden journey into the heart of darkness

Published by The Times (30th December, 2017) Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa by Paul Kenyon (Head of Zeus) I... Read Full Article

Every horror imaginable

Published by The Spectator (3rd June, 2017) A Gift from Darkness: How I Escaped with My Daughter from Boko Haram... Read Full Article

Forget fear and loathing: 15 reasons to celebrate the world in 2015

Published by The Independent (28th December, 2015) Who will mourn the passing of 2015? It seems such a grim year... Read Full Article

An election that symbolises change across a continent

Published by CapX (6th April, 2015) The message to his country is simple: ‘Don’t expect miracles.’ These are wise words... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • Anthony Fauci’s pardon shames America
  • We must listen to angry young men
  • Trump’s talk of land grabs are a gift to dictators
  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion

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

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