Ed West (journalist)

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Ed West
OccupationAuthor, journalist
Nationality British
SubjectReligion, social commentary
Notable worksThe Diversity Illusion
Tory Boy
Website
edwest.co.uk

Ed West is a British author, journalist and blogger. He was previously the deputy editor of UnHerd , deputy editor of The Catholic Herald and a columnist for The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator . He began his career with the lads' mag Nuts Magazine , [1] and has also written for the Evening Standard , [2] The Guardian , [3] The i , [4] The Week , [5] and Spiked . [6]

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He is the son of British journalist Richard West and Irish journalist Mary Kenny, and the brother of journalist Patrick West.

While working at men's magazines, West wrote a number of short humour books, including one called How to Pull Women (2006), which he later described on his blog for The Daily Telegraph as "embarrassing". [7]

West's book, The Diversity Illusion, which examines the adverse effects of mass immigration on British society, was published in April 2013. Reviewing the book, Peter Oborne described West as "one of the most interesting of the rising generation of political writers, who delights in destroying liberal pieties". Oborne also said: "At its worst, though, West's book can come over as an anti-Islamic rant." [8] The Observer described the book as a "brazen and breezily written polemic" whose "arguments are repeatedly undermined by reality." [9] The Sunday Times included the book in their list of "Political Books of the Year". [10] The book's 2015 reissue was chosen as one of The Sunday Times's Political Books of the Year.

West's 2020 book Small Men on the Wrong Side of History focuses on the failures of post-war conservatism. [11] Newer editions of the book change the title to Tory Boy.

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References

  1. ↑ "Ed West: Farewell, then, Nuts magazine". The Spectator. London. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ↑ Ed West (30 November 2018). "Ed West". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Ed West". The Guardian. London. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Ed West, Author at". Inews.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Ed West". The Week. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Ed West, Author at spiked". www.spiked-online.com.
  7. ↑ "Ed West: Telegraph Blogs". Archived from the original on 27 June 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  8. ↑ Oborne, Peter (15 April 2013). "The British Dream by David Goodhart and The Diversity Illusion by Ed West: review". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  9. ↑ Birrell, Ian (28 April 2013). "The British Dream by David Goodhart; The Diversity Illusion by Ed West – review". The Observer . London. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "The Diversity Illusion in the Sunday Times's books of the year". www.edwest.co.uk. December 2015.
  11. ↑ Small Men on the Wrong Side of History. Little, Brown. 5 February 2019. ISBN   9781472130808.


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