Simon Heffer

From ‘The Temptation of Eve’: detail of glass from Ely Cathedral designed by Pugin, 1858

Cambridge, showcase for modernism (and how costly it is to fix)

13 December 2014 9:00 am

The Pevsner architectural guides are around halfway through their revisions — though it is like the Forth Bridge, and soon…

What will it take for us to stop doing business with Qatar?

4 October 2014 9:00 am

Qatari money has flooded into London – but also into much less savoury places

Who’s afraid of Vladimir Putin?

Stand up to a bully

26 July 2014 9:00 am

If only European leaders were more like Tony Abbott

Vote yes, Scots – and set the English free

5 July 2014 9:00 am

Scottish independence would indeed be a disaster – but only for the Scots

Rolf Harris CBE, child abuser

Be grateful this criminal left your lucky country

5 July 2014 9:00 am

On the list of trusted Australians, ‘Rolfie’ would be several thousand rungs below Ned Kelly

Little Scotlanders

7 June 2014 9:00 am

If  Scotland votes for independence on 18 September, it will be the end of Great Britain. And thanks to Pommie cynicism, selfishness and comic incompetence, it could happen

Why we love the Cambridges

26 April 2014 9:00 am

The visiting Royals are more like film stars than royalty, following the template set by the Duke’s late mother

More British than Britain

8 March 2014 9:00 am

In the interests of a more civilised world, let the Commonwealth leaders trump democratic values

Tony is soft on crime

18 January 2014 9:00 am

The only way to stop aggressive drunks is for the state to become even more aggressive with them

Psychological victory: Mitchell Johnson and team-mates

Hubris and humiliation

11 January 2014 9:00 am

How to account for the collapse of the English cricket team? Hint: it has little to do with Aussie brilliance

Grand delusions?

16 November 2013 9:00 am

So what is the point of the Commonwealth in this day and age?

In praise of our future King

9 November 2013 9:00 am

Far from being agitated, restless and frustrated, the 65-year-old heir to the throne is ready for prime time

Pass the torch

5 October 2013 9:00 am

If only Britain had sound conservatives such as John Howard and Tony Abbott

If only Tories had a Tony

14 September 2013 9:00 am

The new PM is a role model for British conservatives

Don’t listen to this foreigner

31 August 2013 9:00 am

The British anti-Murdoch Labour MP has no right to interfere in Australia’s election on Labor’s behalf

Kevin Rudd is just like Tony Blair

17 August 2013 9:00 am

And that is no compliment

Falling wickets

27 July 2013 9:00 am

Cricket’s slow trudge back to the pavilion