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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

  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion
  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games
  • Jimmy Carter’s selfless work for the poor and sick after he left office serves as a stinging rebuke to the venality of Blair and Cameron

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Dark genius behind the destructive creed of Putinism

Published by UnHerd (26th July, 2018) Four months ago I attended a conference in New York that bought together experts... Read Full Article

The tragedy of Syria: how protest spiralled into savagery

Published by The Spectator (26th April, 2018) Two Sisters: Into the Syrian Jihad by Asne Seierstad (Virago); No Turning Back: Life, Loss... 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

Escape from the Isis hell

Published by The Times (18th November, 2017) ‘The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity and My Fight Against the Islamic... Read Full Article

Flawed and frustrating

Published by The Observer (30th July, 2017) Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System by Alexander Betts and Paul Collier (Allen... 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

A truly monstrous regiment

Published by The Spectator (31st December, 2016) When The Walking Defeats You: One Man’s Journey as Joseph Kony’s Bodyguard by... Read Full Article

When Big Bang blew apart the bowler hat brigade

Published by The Daily Mail (17th November, 2016) Crash Bang Wallop: The inside story of London’s Big Bang and a... Read Full Article

Hillbilly memoir with lessons for post-Brexit Britain

Published by the ipaper (3rd October, 2016) JD Vance was 31 years old when he published his biography and admits... Read Full Article

Murder in the blue lagoon

Published by The Spectator (4th August, 2016) The Jolly Roger Social Club: A True Story of A Killer in Paradise... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
  • Schools offer a lesson on Labour’s confusion
  • Why isn’t China a pariah state?
  • We don’t need another review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry games
  • Jimmy Carter’s selfless work for the poor and sick after he left office serves as a stinging rebuke to the venality of Blair and Cameron

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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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