Simon Heffer
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
Chips, with everything
Mr Heffer has produced a monumental second volume on Henry ‘Chips’ Channon to match his first
Free speech in an uncivil society
A climate of intolerance is threatening the pursuit of reason.
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
Keeping us on message
The UK’s secret government propaganda unit dedicated to praising multiculturalism
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it