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Simon Heffer
The final volume in Simon Heffer's critically-acclaimed history of Britain from Victorian times to the Second World War
'An epic new history . . . a work of epic scholarship…
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An A-Z of terrible English by the Telegraph's former master grammarian
The English language has evolved throughout its history, and usually for good reasons. However, in recent years, egged on…
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A richly detailed history of Britain at its imperial zenith, revealing the simmering tensions and explosive rivalries beneath the opulent surface of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. The popular…
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That it should have changed so radically was very largely the work of an astonishingly dynamic and high-minded group of people - politicians and philanthropists, writers and thinkers - who…
Re-issued to coincide with this anniversary, Simon Heffer’s perceptive book lends weight to the increasingly compelling case for Vaughan Williams’ recognition as the most important English composer of the twentieth…
From Macaulay in the 19th century to Fukuyama in the late 20th, historians have often been lulled into thinking that things can only get better. Such belief in progress, argues…
Masterly.‘ - CHARLES VYVYAN, STANDPOINT 'Fascinating stuff.’ - SPECTATOR ‘Possibly the finest, most comprehensive analysis of the home front in the Great War ever produced.’ - LITERARY REVIEW ‘Every bit…
What is the difference between amend and emend, between imply and infer, and between uninterested and disinterested? When should one put owing to rather than due to? Why should the…
A major new work by one of Britain’s leading journalists and most acclaimed historians
‘A riveting account of the pre-First World War years … The Age of Decadence is an…
The author’s incisive and amusingly despairing emails to colleagues at the The Daily Telegraph about grammatical mistakes and stylistic slips have attracted a growing band of ardent fans over the…
A stirring anthology of speeches from every period of British history.
