Patrick West

Food and Drink

23 January 2006

Gourmets say "traditional" dishes are being bastardised, but they are missing the point

Asia

12 December 2005

Why are we so eager to believe that Sudoku hails from Japan when it doesn't? Patrick West explains

Global Issues

10 January 2005

Culture

13 December 2004

Observations on Duchamp and his urinal

Religion

08 November 2004

Observations on religion (2)

Society

13 September 2004

It's not just US multinationals that trample on other people's cultures. In Dublin's fair city, Tesc

Ideas

02 August 2004

Patrick West, a vegetarian, argues that if we concede rights to animals, we must also allow them for

Europe

19 July 2004

Does your mother come from Ireland? Patrick West's does and he's fed up with everyone claiming his h

Ideas

28 June 2004

Michel Foucault taught that might is right, truth is relative, and history just an interesting narra

Europe

05 January 2004

Ireland has not only banned smoking in restaurants and bars, ministers have also asked citizens to g

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