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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Charlottesville

These demonstrators might look like mindless thugs, but fascism can exploit divisions

Published by The i paper (15th June, 2020) Three years ago I was in Charlottesville, Virginia, which had found itself... Read Full Article

Plumbing the depths

Published by The Spectator (14th March, 2020) Going Dark: The Secret Social Life of Extremists by Julia Exner (Bloomsbury) Two... Read Full Article

Boris on the burka was straight out of Bannon’s playbook

Published by The i paper (13th August, 2018) Put aside, even if just for a moment, the future of Alexander... Read Full Article

Give thanks for this White House chaos

Published by The ipaper (21st August, 2017) It seems incredible but it has only been seven months since Donald Trump... Read Full Article

Born in the USSA

Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th August, 2017) Savage street fighting had been raging for several hours after far-Right... Read Full Article