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Arts / Covid19 / Economics / Music

The music industry has been left to die

Published by UnHerd (12th October, 2020) After more than a decade in the music business, Georgia Barnes was on the brink of stardom at the start of this […]

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Immigration / Policy / Politics

A shameful failure of decency

Published by The i paper (5th October, 2020) Here we go again. The Tories are sliding in the polls. The prime minister’s popularity is waning fast as his incompetence […]

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Belarus / Europe

Undercover with the heroic women fighting to topple Europe’s last dictator

Published by The Mail on Sunday (4th October, 2020) Dimitri was standing on the street looking up an address on his phone when two men, their faces hidden […]

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Belgium / Disability / Europe / Holland

Who should decide when we die?

Published by The i paper (28th September, 2020) Yew Trees was called a hospital but sounds more like hell. It was supposed to be a sanctuary for women […]

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Belarus / Covid19 / Europe

What can we learn about lockdowns from the country whose dictator told them to fight Covid by drinking vodka?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (27th September, 2020) As the sun slid from the evening sky over Minsk, clusters of people thronged the imposing entrance of the Bolshoi […]

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Politics

Out of his depth, out of ideas

Published by The i paper (21st September, 2020) When I was a child I wanted to be prime minister. First, I planned to be an actor, until a […]

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Technology

The BBC needs to sack the suits

Published by UnHerd (18th September, 2020) It is easy to get infuriated by the BBC’s annual league table of its highest-earning stars. Zoe Ball is an engaging presenter, […]

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Covid19 / Europe / Politics / Sweden

Trust: the missing ingredient in our pandemic response

Published by The i paper (14th September, 2020) Boris Johnson hailed ‘a new dawn’ for Britain after winning an election based on the slogan that he would get […]

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Africa / Covid19 / Uganda

Africa’s catastrophic Covid response

Published by UnHerd (11th September, 2020) As Covid-19 began to sweep across the planet earlier this year, the warnings about the disease’s impact on Africa were terrifying. The […]

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Drugs / Policy

Cannabis failures show why we need to legalise drugs

Published by The Times (10th September, 2020) Carly Barton is a former university lecturer who suffered a stroke at the age of 24. It left her feeling as […]

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Immigration / Policy

Symbols of the hostile environment

Published by The i paper (7th September, 2020) Clapton Girls’ Academy has a motto to inspire pupils in one of the poorer parts of London: “Arrive with a […]

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Immigration / Iraq / Policy / World

We owe it to asylum seekers to help them

Published by The i paper (31st August, 2020) Hala has known nothing but conflict and chaos all her life. She was eight years old when her nation was […]

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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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