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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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Let’s make children see the nation’s greatest painting

Published by The Times (9th November, 2017) It took more than 200 days of negotiations, but last month the Netherlands... Read Full Article

Good causes stained by death and dirty money

Published by The i paper (6th November, 2017) Colston’s Girls’ School in Bristol has decided not to ditch its name,... Read Full Article

Who will help care for my daughter after Brexit?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (5th November, 2017) I came downstairs to find my wife looking dismayed and frazzled.... Read Full Article

Are the Tories reliving the John Major years? No. It’s much worse than that

Published by The Guardian (2nd November, 2017) It was a candid tweet from a Conservative MP as the sex abuse... Read Full Article

Senseless fines driving rail passengers round the bend

Published by The Times (2nd November, 2017) I went to Hull and back earlier this month. My trip was for... Read Full Article

How do you solve the Catalan problem?

Published by The iPaper (30th October, 2017) Every day, the streets of Barcelona seem filled with flags. They are unfurled... Read Full Article

What are they going to do: kill all of us?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (29th October, 2017) Catalonia’s sacked president Carles Puigdemont has vowed to resist the Spanish... Read Full Article

The backlash over Mugabe was hypocrisy

Published by The Times (24th October, 2017) Robert Mugabe has held Zimbabwe in his vice-like grip for 37 years while... Read Full Article

Are smart phones feeding an epidemic of despair?

Published by The i paper (23rd October, 2017) There are few more obvious cries for help than self-harm. The idea... Read Full Article

The drug 10,000 times deadlier than heroin

Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd October, 2017) Shortly after lunchtime, as drizzle fell outside at the start of... 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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