Simon Heffer's Blog, page 72

Varieties of darkness that lit up my life

In a new recording of Vaughan Williams's Sixth Symphony, one hears things that
one had missed in hundreds, perhaps thousands, of previous listenings,
writes Simon Heffer.

The hell of waiting for the Apple iPad, Mk 2

Only the second version will be truly worth owning, writes Simon Heffer.

Capital gains tax and the politics of envy

A serious government would cut spending more and faster, writes Simon Heffer.

The collapse of the euro would open the door to democracy

The European project has been shown to be economically and politically
bankrupt, says Simon Heffer.

The new Pevsner has found the missing bits of Berkshire

Nikolaus Pevsner neglected the county, but his successors have put that right,
says Simon Heffer

Will China put Kim Jong-Il out of his nation's misery?

The blatant outrage by North Korea of sinking one of the South's ships cannot
go unpunished, argues Simon Heffer.

The George Osborne effect: sterling plummets

Despite sterling's attempt to make the euro look good, its existence as we
know it appears precarious, writes Simon Heffer.

David Cameron will rue the day he betrayed the Conservatives

As I have argued for the last four-and-half years, Dave is not actually a
Conservative, writes Simon Heffer.

Only a Tory without principles would demonise the Right

Simon Heffer says Cameron's coalition will stop at nothing to smear
those who believe in traditional values

Alan Sillitoe wrote the first real roles for proles

The writer presented the industrial working class to the rest of the British
public with a degree of honesty that was shocking and brutal, says Simon
Heffer