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How the old clothes you give to charity shops or dump in donation bins end up in putrefying heaps on the shoreline of West Africa
Africa / Environment / Ghana

How the old clothes you give to charity shops or dump in donation bins end up in putrefying heaps on the shoreline of West Africa

Published by The Daily Mail (23rd March, 2026)

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Disability / Education / Social care

We are failing the people we should most support

Published by The i Paper (16th March, 2026)

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Defence / Iran / United States

US failed to learn first lesson of modern warfare

Published by The i Paper (10th March, 2026)

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Europe / Russia / Sport / Ukraine

Sport is being used to bring Russia in from the cold – and it is chilling 

Published by The i Paper (23rd February, 2026)

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Crime / Politics / United States

The dark Epstein drama is leading us into the abyss

Published by The i Paper (9th February, 2026)

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Books / Crime

Filthy lucre

Published by The Spectator (7th February, 2026)

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Disability / Education

Starmer’s SEND plans are terrifying

Published by The i Paper (2nd February, 2026)

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Immigration / United States

America descends into darkness

Published by The i Paper (26th January, 2026)

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Disability / Politics / Social care

A terrible indictment of our society

Published by The i Paper (19th January, 2026)

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Aid / Defence / Policy / Politics

There’s no reason to delay spending the aid budget on defence

Published by The Telegraph (12th January, 2026)

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America’s invasion of Mexico City
Immigration / Mexico / United States

America’s invasion of Mexico City

Published by UnHerd (17th November, 2025)

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Crime / Policy / Politics

The mistaken prisoner release exposes a crisis far bigger than Labour ineptitude

Published by The i Paper (10th November, 2025)

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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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