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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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Rocket Man vs the Earthlings

Published by The Mail on Sunday (6th June, 2021) There cannot be many more idyllic spots for those seeking the... Read Full Article

Dive into St Lucia’s most beguiling bay

Published by The Daily Mail (15th October, 2016) One of the few advantages of jet lag is waking early to... Read Full Article

Terrific for turtles

Published in The Daily Mail (18th January, 2015) The Queen’s portrait is on display in the airport, but it feels... Read Full Article

Beaux-Arts beauty bought back to life

Published by The Independent (30th May, 2014) My first night’s sleep was broken by the clanking of the air conditioning... Read Full Article

Go cold Turkey

Published in The Daily Mail (January 1st, 2014) As arrived at our flat in the heart of Istanbul, big fat... Read Full Article

Discovering Tanzania’s great blue yonder on an island called Mafia (it’s perfectly friendly)

Published in The Daily Mail (February 2nd, 2013) A scrap of raffia roof is propped up by spindly sticks to... Read Full Article

Mississippi yearning: driving down America’s Great River Road

Published in The Guardian (December 4th, 2010) As we nudged the Mustang on to the vast metal bridge spanning the... Read Full Article

The island at the heart of the world

Published in The Independent (December 26th, 2009) My hands were freezing as we lumbered across the lava fields, swaddled in... Read Full Article

24-Hour Room Service: Margutta 54, Rome

Published in The Independent (October 31st, 2009) The plan seemed simple. A couple of days in Paris, then the overnight... Read Full Article

Libya: From desert to oasis

Published in The Independent (December 8th, 2007) Ali took a hunk of camel meat and carefully chopped it into tiny... 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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