Simon Heffer

Far superior to the usual saccharine mulch, Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on Christmas Carols will convert you to the joy of festive music

Political commentator Simon Heffer questions the merit of appointing a PM who is doomed to fail

If you seek the ultimate example of the roller-coaster ride that politics can be, you need look no further than the life and work of Peter

Were the US and Europe to abandon Zelensky, they would be inviting Russia to attack one of Nato’s own

Since 1825 railways have left a profound mark not merely on the landscape of our country, but also on our culture

We are nearing the 50th anniversary, next month, of Margaret Thatcher becoming leader of the Conservative party. Only one other woman has ever become leader while the party was in opposition, and that is Kemi Badenoch. Mrs Badenoch is well aware of the strategy her legendary predecessor pursued between becoming leader of the opposition in

The SpaceX owner’s political influence has soared but, like history’s other disruptors, it’s a test of where the power lies in a democracy

Join the campaign to get London’s Duchess Theatre renamed after the Flare Path author – one of England’s finest playwrights

Prince Wilhelm had high hopes for the monarchy’s resurgence under Hitler, as Stephan Malinowski reveals in The Hohenzollerns and the Nazis