Patrick West

Showing posts with label Cricket. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cricket. Show all posts

Monday, 15 November 2010

in spiked, November 12, 2010


Some sports are more jingoistic than others


Why born-and-bred Dubliner Eoin Morgan's imminent selection for the England cricket team raises barely an eyebrow.
Posted by Patrick West at 01:11 No comments:
Labels: Cricket, Football, Ireland, Rugby, Sport

Saturday, 6 November 2010

in spiked, November 5, 2010


Power Snooker: another example of dumbing down?
Thirty-minute snooker matches are not a product of shorter attention spans, but a reminder of sport’s endless evolution.
Posted by Patrick West at 04:57 No comments:
Labels: Cricket, Dumbing Down, Football, Rugby, Snooker, Sport
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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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