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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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Hope is being extinguished in Gaza

Published by The i paper (8th April, 2024) Six years ago, while on a reporting trip to Gaza, I met... Read Full Article

The children killed by fentanyl

Published by UnHerd (13th March, 2024) “I never thought this would happen to Reese, but you have to get it... Read Full Article

Why that lime in your Margarita might be soaked in the blood of a farmer murdered by Mexican gangsters

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd March, 2024) The attack began in the early hours of Tuesday. Residents woke to... Read Full Article

Lab leak theory is gaining ground

Published by The i paper (22nd January, 2024) Dominic Cummings is far from the ideal person to deliver warnings about... Read Full Article

A victory for democracy in Taiwan

Published by The i paper (15th January, 2024) Amid so much grim global news, something to celebrate. For the biggest... Read Full Article

Conspiracy of silence betrays our values

Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th January, 2024) It is more than four years since the World Health Organisation... Read Full Article

The freedom fighters who dared to take on a communist superpower

Published by The Spectator (6th January, 2024) Among the Braves: Hope, Struggle and Exile in the Battle for Hong Kong... Read Full Article

The ‘war on drugs’ is a disaster – and it’s about to get worse

Published by The i paper (1st January, 2024) Two days after Christmas, the South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, best known... Read Full Article

A lesson in life’s fragility

Published by The i paper (26th December, 2023) The artists, booksellers, musicians and writers all knew each other well, so... Read Full Article

Why I believe Dame Esther is profoundly wrong on assisted dying

Published by The Daily Mail (22nd December, 2023) Calls for a change in the law relating to assisted dying rose... 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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