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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California

California nightmare

Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd May, 2021) Scott Thatcher and his wife Angela were born in California and love... Read Full Article

Mexico’s futile war on drugs

Published by UnHerd (16th March, 2020) The early morning raids were carefully calibrated. Teams of heavily-armed agents donned protective gear... Read Full Article

Where the American dream goes to die

Published by UnHerd (2nd March, 2020) For a few years at the start of this century, Juan Nevarez tasted the... Read Full Article

A progressive cesspit

Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd February, 2020) Gilles Desaulniers moved to San Francisco 40 years ago, settling in... Read Full Article

And a hippy new year….

Published by The i paper (1st January, 2018) The first time I went to the United States was in 1983... Read Full Article