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Arts / Economics / Music

British music can still star as rock finds a new role

Published in the London Evening Standard (February 15th, 2011) Let’s get the party started. Tonight it is the Brits, that annual orgy of champagne and back-slapping that has […]

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Africa / Aid / General

There has never been a better time to be alive

Published in the London Evening Standard (January 4th, 2011) These are difficult days. Not just because for many people it is the first day back at work, but […]

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Technology

Can Twitter and the internet start a revolution?

Published in the London Evening Standard (December 7th, 2010) It began over drinks in a pub in Islington. Friends in their twenties – teachers, students, voluntary sector workers […]

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Disability

Idayah is a bright child. One of a spurned minority

Published in the London Evening Standard (December 2nd, 2010) Idayah Miller shares the ambitions of any other 11-year-old girl. A bright and lively child, she hopes to be a […]

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Crime / Policy / Politics

There’s a better way to break the cycle of crime

Published in the London Evening Standard (November 23rd, 2010) It was early morning when I heard muffled whispers and scuffling shoes. Looking out the window, I saw my […]

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Immigration / Policy

A cap on migrant workers will hurt London’s economy

Published in the London Evening Standard (November 2nd, 2010) David Caldwell arrived in London two years ago from Australia armed with a burning desire for success. An engineer […]

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Technology

East London may be the birthplace of a new Facebook

Published in the London Evening Standard (October 19th, 2010) It all seems so simple. One moment they are a bunch of students playing around on computers in their […]

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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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