# Simon Heffer

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SPECIAL: was Enoch Powell right about Britain?

Enoch Powell is one of the most polarising figures in modern British politics. His infamous ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech – in which he warned that immigration would spark ethnic conflict – continues to shape some of today’s most important debates on race, identity and immigration. Michael Gove and assi…

Quite right!: was Enoch Powell right about Britain?

Enoch Powell is one of the most polarising figures in modern British politics. His infamous ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech – in which he warned that immigration would spark ethnic conflict – continues to shape some of today’s most important debates on race, identity and immigration. Michael Gove and assi…

How Football made Andy Burnham’s political career

Andy Burnham is destined to be the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. His policial career is tied DIRECTLY to his rhetoric and actions around the 20th Anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster. I want to note something - this is a POLITICALLY CHARGED issue and video. I am trying to be as do…

Free Thinking - The Way We Live Now

This evening Free Thinking is devoted to one of the pinnacles of Victorian England – Anthony Trollope’s massive novel The Way We Live Now. To examine the book and its social and historical context Philip is joined by Jerry White, Simon Heffer, Kathryn Hughes and Jonathan Myerson. .

Free Thinking Churchill & Englishness 21Jan15

Philip Dodd plus guests David Reynolds, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Simon Heffer and David Edgar discuss Winston Churchill and Englishness, in the week of the 50th anniversary of his death

Free Thinking - Charles Kingsley's Water Babies

As a musical version of The Water Babies opens Simon Heffer and New Generation Thinker Corin Throsby discuss the ideas of Charles Kingsley. Matthew Sweet talks about literary satire with novelist Edward St Aubyn. Plus we mark today's anniversary of Roger Bannister's 4 minute mile by talking to docu…

The Joy of Classical Music Ep 164 - Three Works by Herbert Howells

This week it’s three works by English composer Herbert Howells - Here is the Little Door, String Quartet No. 3 "In Gloucestershire”, and the episodes focus - Hymnus Paradisi. Music journalist Simon Heffer described Hymnus Paradisi as “one of the great works of the whole musical canon, and one that …

Guest Aydin Paladin: The First Right Wing Youtuber We Watched

In this episode of Based Camp, Malcolm and Simone Collins sit down with longtime right-wing creator and social scientist Aydin Paladin (one of the earliest anti-woke voices online). They discuss her path from trying Norse paganism to Christianity after a near-death experience, starting her channel …

Gossip, Scandal and High Society

Throughout the first half of the twentieth century, Henry ‘Chips’ Channon documented British high society in eye-watering detail. His diaries are gossipy, sometimes vile and rude but always honest. Even after his death, his diaries struck fear into the British upper classes and it is only recently …

Why Is the Populist Right Rising Across Europe? | Simon Heffer

Right-wing populist parties are surging across Europe -- and Germany is at the centre of the upheaval. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has made major gains in recent state elections, challenging the dominance of Germany’s established political parties. What is driving this revolt against the poli…