Ed West

Ed West is the Senior Editor of UnHerd. His book Tory Boy is published by Constable

Philip, Prince of Nowhere

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How God created the West

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It’s all America’s fault

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The tyranny of diversity training

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Why are journalists so Left-wing?

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Why we love to hate the French

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How the Tories can reclaim the cities

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The lockdown that created Frankenstein

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More pubs, less extremism

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Why monarchies are more tolerant

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The EU are the populists now

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Is Netflix behind the Covid baby bust?

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Are you a ‘basic conservative’?

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White narcissism, not white supremacy, is plaguing America

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The fantasy of English freedom

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Is this the solution to Britain’s housing crisis?

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America’s radical young rich are out of control

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Why nationalism matters

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The phoney War on Woke

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The new reign of the imperious slay queen

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My dog is ruining my life

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Can Twitter exist in a democracy?

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Why funny men are the most dangerous

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Bring back Tony Blair!

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Charting the decline of the American Republic

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Brexit: was it worth it?

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Christmas cancelled? Some alternative festival ideas…

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Brexit: was it worth it?

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Wanted: a female Jordan Peterson

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Love, not money, will save the Union

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“Accentism” is real, but impossible to end

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Why 2021 is going to be a fantastic year for Britain

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Welcome to the new Middle Ages

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Later-life marriage means fewer conservatives

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Trump Derangement Syndrome is here to stay

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Who’s really being nostalgic, Sir John?

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Could the end be nigh for the royal family?

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The return of Perfidious Albion

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The Dutch auction for WFH elites has begun

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America’s history is swallowing our own

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Why the young hate the Tories

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Prince Harry should try looking the East End in the face

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The liberal case for empire

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Old punks never die — they just become conservatives

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It’s time for Britain to return to a heptarchy

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Anti-racism is a virtue gone mad

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The English have always been drunkards

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Why I’m no longer talking to white liberals about race

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Why won’t Right-wingers wear masks?

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Why liberals are more alike than conservatives

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Tucker exposes Hannity’s outdated conservatism

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What if Leave and Remain switched sides?

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Why progressivism is flourishing in the US

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Yes, there is such a thing as Englishness

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Happy Bastille Day! Cancelling people since 1789…

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How a 1990s book predicted 2020

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Should we decolonise Constantinople?

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Welcome to the Age of Unreality

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As a conservative, I mourn the loss of liberalism

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For the international class, Brexit is a parochial concern

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2020 and the coming of neo-feudalism

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Why the rich are revolting

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Don’t kid yourselves, this isn’t 1968

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Some Brexit voters aren’t going to like Whiggish Global Britain

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Unfortunately, political sectarianism is only going to get worse

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Pandemics and climate change spelled the end for Rome

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Slowly but surely, Britain is turning into America

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See you in 2040 — bet you the world is a better place

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Who are the corona tribes?

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Covid-19 is giving me weird dreams

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Who says a Covid recession would mean more people dead?

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Coronavirus coverage is making me feel ill

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Boris in the ICU makes this crisis too much to bear

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Weirdo conservatives were the first to spot the Covid threat

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Covid is killing the black market — maybe that’s a bad thing

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Let Brits pick their own fruit!

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I miss the culture warriors

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Covid-19 will be a defining moment in our multicultural story

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Cancelled by coronavirus

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We are heading towards a socialist future

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Tucker Carlson is America’s Saviour

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Pandemics are the ultimate stress test for nations

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Woke capital had a field day on International Women’s day

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Why conservatism is doomed

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How kids’ books became universally woke

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Mary Beard is the exception that proves the rule

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Will coronavirus change the world?

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The danger of free speech zones

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Criticisms of Priti Patel have sinister undertones

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Schools don’t teach about the British Empire — and that’s a good thing

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Mr Jones is a lesson in the dangers of groupthink

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Here’s to Chaucer Lane and Attlee Avenue!

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Why arranged marriages make sense

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Middle-class patriotism goes underground

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Take that, Leavers: some British things might be slightly foreign

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These days, Peter the Hermit would have a blue tick

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Hungary is ahead of the curve on population policy

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France still sees itself as the Protector of Catholicism

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Everything you know about Europe is wrong

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Casting ethnic minority actors in period roles is political

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In praise of hereditary politicians

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Elites don’t preach what they practise

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Did Twitter anti-diplomacy prevent war with Iran?

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Ricky Gervais is a fool — in all the right ways

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Conservatives should capture the Green movement

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Will China end America’s culture wars?

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The Two Popes is made in liberal Hollywood’s image

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Will Boris fight for middle-aged men?

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Why we need the BBC more than ever

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What’s the matter with Bolsover?

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Why Tories are becoming extinct

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Stop comparing Boris to Trump

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The Lib Dems should have got my vote, but they won’t

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Communism creeps into America

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There’s nothing taboo about the Anglo Saxons

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Why haven’t we banned cars yet?

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Is Jordan Peterson a gateway to the alt-right?

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Britain’s divisions go way, way back

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Elsa goes all Elizabeth Warren in Frozen 2

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Young Tories can’t find a place to live

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Even a royalist like me struggles with the Windsors

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Why child labour beats school

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Talk of ‘Empire’ is a Remainer fantasy

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Woke capital’s new low: murder is now a ‘mistake’

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The five historical dramas Netflix should make next

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Good news! Employers are struggling to fill low-wage jobs

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The Great Realignment: America got there first

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What really happened to the New Atheists

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‘Never apologise, never explain’ turns out to be right

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Did Oasis cause Manchester’s 21st-century economic boom?

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Five demolished buildings we should rebuild

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Are Americans becoming less Christian?

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What will singleton society do to politics?

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Harry Potter and the importance of soft power

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Important news of the day: the Eleanor Cross is safe

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Where’s the EU outrage at Spain’s brutal sentencing of separatists?

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How the Knights Templar explain Portuguese politics

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Why #WeHeartGermany

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When will the Left get over WW2?

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Brexit is going to drive us all mad

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Why #MeToo is a Christian movement

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Greta may be right, but the spectacle is wrong

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Tucker Carlson: America’s most important pundit

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Why’s Verhofstadt bigging up empire?

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Four referendums that were never honoured

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Extreme? On all issues but one, the Tories have never been softer.

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The Tory rebels are the true conservatives

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Who is Josh Hawley and what does he believe in?

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