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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So why did the science establishment try so hard to silence those who feared Covid leaked from a Chinese lab?

Published by The Daily Mail (12th January, 2022) Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of the world-famous Wellcome Trust, has condemned the... Read Full Article

The Covid origins debate has been stifled

Published by The i paper (18th October, 2021) Perhaps the silliest comment during the demeaning Brexit debate was Michael Gove... Read Full Article

So what are they hiding?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd October, 2021) The Government has been condemned after refusing to release details of... Read Full Article

One question our chief scientist needs to answer

Published by UnHerd (21st June, 2021) Sir Patrick Vallance has had a good pandemic. The country’s chief scientific officer pushed... Read Full Article