Ed West | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Author, journalist |
| Nationality | British |
| Subject | Religion, social commentary |
| Notable works | The Diversity Illusion Tory Boy |
| Relatives | Richard West (father) Mary Kenny (mother) Patrick West (brother) |
| Website | |
| edwest | |
Ed West is a British author, journalist and blogger. He was previously the deputy editor ofUnHerd, deputy editor ofThe Catholic Herald and a columnist forThe Daily Telegraph andThe Spectator. He began his career with the lads' magNuts Magazine,[1] and has also written for theEvening Standard,[2]The Guardian,[3]The i,[4]The Week,[5] andSpiked.[6]
He is the son of British journalistRichard West andIrish journalistMary Kenny, and the brother of journalistPatrick West.
While working at men's magazines, West wrote a number of short humour books, including one calledHow to Pull Women (2006), which he later described on his blog forThe 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 ofThe Sunday Times's Political Books of the Year.
West's 2020 bookSmall Men on the Wrong Side of History focuses on the failures of post-warconservatism.[11] Newer editions of the book change the title toTory Boy.
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