Author: Simon Heffer

A tweedy purveyor of folklore; too many larks ascending and too much Linden Lea: no composer's work has ever been more cruelly stereotyped than tha...

The English language has evolved throughout its history, and usually for good reasons. However, in recent years, egged on by social media and the u...

‘An epic new history . . . a work of epic scholarship, breathtaking range, and piercing originality’ Daily Express‘An astonishing achievement of na...

_______________________________'A brilliant history: The first serious and really wide-ranging history of the Home Front during the Great War for d...

‘A riveting account of the pre-First World War years . . . The Age of Decadence is an enormously impressive and enjoyable read.’ Dominic Sandbrook,...

In his best-selling Strictly English Simon Heffer explained how to write and speak our language well. In Simply English he offers an entertaining a...