Simon Heffer is a journalist, author and political commentator, who has worked for long stretches at the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail. He has written biographies of Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Enoch Powell, and reviews and writes on politics for the New Statesman.
What is really going on between Boris Johnson, David Davis and Liam Fox over Britain’s exit from the EU?
Allan Mallinson's new book is a clear-eyed, unique appraisal of the Great War.
The division between Tory Remainers and Leavers is visceral and will not heal easily.
My father was 16 when he enlisted in the army in September 1914. Within nine months he was fighting on the Western Front.
With Boris gone, Theresa May and Michael Gove are serious contenders for the crown.
Even if David Cameron clears the fence marked Brexit, he will find a very deep ditch on the other side.
How the EU referendum exposed a crisis in the Conservative Party that will endure long after the vote.
The rise of Donald Trump is a symptom of the decay of a great but exceptionally unhappy nation.
When a politician becomes entertainment first and foremost there is a danger that he, or she, may lack the requisites of statesmanship.
Online betting has stimulated a huge boom in gambling – and gambling addiction.
We notice you have ad blocking software enabled. Support the New Statesman’s quality, independent journalism by contributing now — and this message will disappear for the next 30 days.
If we cannot support the site on advertising revenue, we will have to introduce a pay wall — meaning fewer readers will have access to our incisive analysis, comprehensive culture coverage and groundbreaking long reads.
