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Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Inside blighted enclave where Hamas rules with an iron fist

Published by The Daily Mail (October 10th, 2023) As I entered the Erez crossing point from Israel into the Gaza Strip, my Israeli-Arab friend asked me to bring […]

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Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

This is Israel’s 9/11

Published by The i paper (9th October, 2023) The symbolism could not be starker: young people at a rave for peace in the desert, their happiness and spirit […]

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Politics

Sunak is right on one thing: we need change

Published by The I paper (2nd October, 2023) Is it any wonder political satire struggles so badly these days when the leader of a party in power for […]

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Health / Policy

Prejudice towards trans youth such as Alice Litman are making us lose sight of people’s humanity

Published by The i paper 25th September, 2023 Twice this month I have been stopped in my tracks by a BBC radio interview with a woman grieving over […]

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United States / World

My night out with the Proud Boys

Published by UnHerd (19th September, 2023) When I first met the leader of the Proud Boys, he was relaxing over a burger and chicken wings in an Irish […]

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Arts / Crime / Film / Policy

In defence of Brand’s trial by media

Published by The i paper (18th September, 2023) It is the details, as always, that are so disturbing. The violence of the alleged rape, his victim pushed up against […]

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Crime / Policy

Our prisons are inhumane, as I’ve seen in Wandsworth

Published by The i paper (11th September, 2023) Daneil Khalife is back behind bars after police pulled the 21-year-old former soldier from a bicycle as he pedalled along […]

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United States / World

Why is there no age limit on politicians?

Published by The i paper (4th September, 2023) Chuck Grassley was born in 1933 to a rural family living in a farmhouse with no electricity or indoor plumbing. […]

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Crime / Europe / Norway / Policy

What prisons can teach us about democracy

Published by UnHerd (4th September, 2023) Andrea Albutt has been a dedicated public servant for almost four decades who worked as a military nurse and ran four prisons.  But […]

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China / World

In sucking up to China, Sunak and Cleverly risk looking as obsequious and naive as Cameron and Osborne

Published by The Daily Mail (31st August, 2023) Eight years ago George Osborne, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, took a large delegation of business and cultural leaders to […]

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Europe / Russia / United States / World

Prigozhin’s death exposes a weak despot

Published by The i paper (28th August, 2023) There is a famous story from his childhood that Vladimir Putin has repeated often and seen spun by his propagandists […]

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Africa / Arts / Books / Ghana

A glorious tale of greed

Published by The Spectator (26th August, 2023) Anansi’s Gold: The Man Who Swindled the World by Yepoka Yeebo In the early months of 1981, investors in a Swiss […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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