Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
>

Ian Birrell

Columnist & Foreign Correspondent

  • Africa
    • General
    • Algeria
    • Congo
    • Egypt
    • Equatorial Guinea
    • Eritrea
    • Ethiopia
    • Gabon
    • Ghana
    • Ivory Coast
    • Kenya
    • Liberia
    • Libya
    • Mali
    • Nigeria
    • Rwanda
    • Somalia
    • Somaliland
    • South Africa
    • South Sudan
    • Sudan
    • Swaziland
    • Tanzania
    • Tunisia
    • Uganda
    • Zambia
    • Zimbabwe
  • Aid
  • Business
    • Economics
    • Technology
  • Covid19
  • Disability
  • Europe
    • European Union
    • Albania
    • Austria
    • Belarus
    • Belgium
    • Bosnia
    • Denmark
    • Estonia
    • Finland
    • France
    • Georgia
    • Germany
    • Greece
    • Greenland
    • Holland
    • Hungary
    • Iceland
    • Ireland
    • Italy
    • Lithuania
    • Moldova
    • Norway
    • Poland
    • Russia
    • Serbia
    • Slovakia
    • Spain
    • Sweden
    • Switzerland
    • Ukraine
  • Health
  • Media
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Film
    • Music
  • Politics
  • Policy
    • Crime
    • Defence
    • Drugs
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Housing
    • Immigration
    • Police
    • Race
    • Social care
    • Sport
    • Transport
    • Welfare
    • Whitehall
  • Travel
  • World
    • Afghanistan
    • Argentina
    • Bahrain
    • Canada
    • China
    • Colombia
    • Cuba
    • Haiti
    • India
    • Iran
    • Iraq
    • Israel, West Bank & Gaza
    • Jordan
    • Kashmir
    • Kazakhstan
    • Lebanon
    • Mexico
    • Montserrat
    • Nepal
    • North Korea
    • Pakistan
    • Philippines
    • Saudi Arabia
    • South Korea
    • Sri Lanka
    • Syria
    • Taiwan
    • Turkey
    • United States
    • Venezuela
Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Putin’s missiles blitz power stations as he tries to freeze Ukraine into submission

Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd October, 2022) Russia unleashed a fresh wave of missile strikes on cities and towns across Ukraine yesterday as Vladimir Putin seeks […]

Read More
Europe / Russia / Ukraine

The day death rained from the sky

Published by The Daily Mail (11th October, 2022) THE first blast erupted after 8am, sounding alarmingly loud and perilously close to my hotel. Then came a couple more, […]

Read More
Europe / Russia / Ukraine

The Kremlin’s sharpened its attack – and the mood is suddenly more pessimistic

Published by The Daily Mail (28th May, 2022) Suddenly the tone has become more pessimistic. Ukraine’s leaders plead desperately for more weapons as they warn that Russia is […]

Read More
Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Our timid tolerance for tyranny

Published by The i paper (25th April, 2022) The president of a European nation gave a surreal press conference on Saturday. The fact that it took place in […]

Read More
Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Amid fog of this weird war, a day to honour the dead

Published by The Daily Mail (21st February, 2022) The sun was shining as families walked down the street in Kiev, passing trees festooned with paper angels and flowers […]

Read More
Europe / Ukraine

Defiant Ukrainians sing and wave flags on ‘Unity Day’

Published by The Daily Mail (17th February, 2022) Ukraine celebrated the hastily-declared Unity Day yesterday with passionate words from the president, patriotic events across the land and more […]

Read More

Posts pagination

Previous page Page 1 Page 2
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.

aid autism Blair Boris Brexit Cameron China coalition Conservatives Corbyn coronavirus crime Daily Mail democracy Dfid Disability drugs EU Farage Guardian immigration Independent ipaper Labour LibDems Libya May Miliband MoS NHS Nigeria Observer Putin Russia social care Syria Times Trump Ukip Ukraine UN UnHerd USA Wuhan Xi Jinping

  • X
  • Bluesky
  • Instagram

Like what you are reading? To start or stop receiving email notifcations for new articles please enter your email address.


 

© Ian Birrell. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy. Website byAbi