Patrick West

Friday, 28 December 2012

in spiked December 14, 2012

Space is ours for the taking

Today is the fortieth anniversary of the last time a man walked on the moon. It is time we went back, and farther into space.

Posted by Patrick West at 14:43 No comments:

Labels: Apollo programme, Environment, History, NASA, Nature, Science

Friday, 7 December 2012

In spiked, December 7, 2012

Look at me and my old band t-shirt!

Declaring your love for some barely remembered group on your chest is a strange mix of narcissism, nostalgia and irony.

Posted by Patrick West at 05:02 No comments:

Labels: Heavy Metal, Indie, Music, Nostalgia, Radio, Twitter

Sunday, 2 December 2012

In spiked, November 2, 2012

A Band Aid for the failure of politics
It is a reflection of the decline of reasoned debate and the rise of celebrity that society pays attention to popstar politics.

Posted by Patrick West at 07:57 No comments:

Labels: BBC, Celebrity, Conspicuous Compassion, Politics

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Patrick West: is a freelance writer and columnist for Spiked and author of 'Get Over Yourself: NIetzsche For Our Times'. Born in London in 1974, he graduated from Manchester University in 1997 with an MA in Cultural History. He has written for The Times, New Statesman, Spectator, the Times Literary Supplement, Sunday Independent (Ireland), The Irish Post, Living Marxism, Standpoint, The Catholic Herald and The Critic. He is author of the books 'Conspicuous Compassion' (Civitas, 2004), 'The Poverty of Multiculturalism' (Civitas, 2005), 'Beating Them At Their Own Game, How The Irish Conquered English Soccer' (Liberties Press, 2006), 'Get Over Yourself: Nietzsche For Our Times' (Societas, 2017) and editor of 'The Times Questions Answered' (HarperCollins, 2004). 'Les misèries del multiculturalisme' was published in Catalan in 2013 by Edicions La Mussara.

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