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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Premier League

Blood on their hands

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th January, 2020) Eighteen months ago, Kevin Sluman was out on his boat trawling... Read Full Article

How football raised its game

Published by UnHerd (10th May, 2019) Football. Bloody hell! First Liverpool’s brilliant fightback against Barcelona taking them to a second... Read Full Article

Leicester is a winner – and not just on the football pitch

Published by the ipaper (2nd May, 2016) When I started out in journalism three decades ago, I spent time on... Read Full Article

Football chiefs keep scoring own goals

Published by The Independent on Sunday (18th May, 2014) We all make mistakes, of course. So it is easy to... Read Full Article