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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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When will our politicians realise Africa has changed?

Published by The Independent (4th August, 2014) The dominant headlines out of Africa are as depressing as always in the... Read Full Article

Time to tackle the misery of mental illness

Published by The Observer (27th July, 2014) Thrive: The Power of Evidence-based Psychological Therapies by Richard Layard and David M... Read Full Article

There is an alternative to murky donations from the super-rich

Published by The Guardian (26th July, 2014) The funding of political parties has long been a weeping sore in the... Read Full Article

With the remains of 200 victims, the train of death finally moves out

Published by The Daily Mail (22nd July, 2014) The freight train filled with its grisly cargo of death last night... Read Full Article

The grimmest journey for MH17 victims

Published by The Daily Mail (21st July, 2014) The stench of death is thick in the air as onlookers peer... Read Full Article

Goodbye Hollywood, hello Watford

Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th July, 2014) There was a sprinkling of rain as 250 specially invited guests... Read Full Article

The graveyard of desecration

Published by The Mail on Sunday (2oth July, 2014) There was something almost beautiful about the white ribbons tied to... Read Full Article

Blood on Putin’s hands?

Published by The Daily Mail (18th July 2014) The world may have averted its gaze towards Israel and Gaza, but... Read Full Article

Israel sends commandos into Gaza after 50 die in air strikes

Published by The Daily Mail (17th July, 2014) Israel sent ground forces into Gaza yesterday for the first time in... Read Full Article

So familiar, so forlorn and so fantastically self-defeating

Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th July,2014) Olga Neiman was asleep when the missile struck shortly after 9pm, exhausted... 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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