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Technology

Orwell would be in despair over the BBC

Published by The i paper (1st November, 2021) The BBC – battered, bruised and in near-perpetual crisis – is indulging in another bout of navel-gazing with launch of […]

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Africa / Aid / Arts / Books / Rwanda

How ‘Big Brother’ is destroying free speech in Rwanda

Published by The Observer (10th January) Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship by Anjan Sundaram (Bloomsbury) The text arrived one evening: ‘My life is in danger. I […]

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Africa / Ethiopia / Technology

Support journalists, not countries that jail them

Published in The Guardian (August 5th, 2013) ‘I am jailed, with around 200 other inmates, in a wide hall that looks like a warehouse. For all of us, […]

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Aid / Technology

Media short-changes the poor with soft-soap aid coverage

Published in The Guardian (17th March, 2013) For several weeks, BBC television seems to have been dominated by build-up to Friday’s Red Nose Day, with worthy dramas and special […]

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Technology

An epic, tragic blunder – but we must not let the BBC self-destruct

Published in The Independent on Sunday (November 11th, 2012) A few days ago, chatting to one of the country’s most senior Tories, I was shocked when he asked […]

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Africa / Arts / Books / Ethiopia

The giant bought low by tall tales

Published in The Observer (August 19th, 2012) Ryszard Kapuscinski: A Life by Arthur Domolawski (Verso) The tale of Lulu, Haile Selassie’s lap dog that was allowed to piss […]

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Syria / World

A brave reporter and her passion for speaking the truth

Published in the Daily Mail (February 23rd, 2012) The air was thick with tear gas, angry crowds confronted soldiers aiming bullets at their eyes, and motorcycle ambulances driven […]

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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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