Simon Heffer
Britain Still Needs The BBC
Despite everything, the BBC is still one of our great cultural forces
Buildings At The Heart Of England
Nikolaus Pevsner is the perfect guide on a journey through the architectural jewels of Suffolk
The Light And The Dark
Sir Malcolm Arnold’s oeuvre, too often dismissed as “light” music, deserves rehabilitation
Which Party Is Best For The Arts?
Arts issues are crucial, but do the main parties have anything of substance to say about them?
An English Enthusiast
Reflections on the passing of beloved music critic Michael Kennedy
No More Room for an Inn?
Mourning the passing of the pub
Bad Manors
A pivotal moment in British movie history — and Bob Hoskins’s greatest performance
A Raspberry for Emetic Music
It is time to make a stand against incomprehensible modern music
History is Now and England
The hushed-up glories of Huntingdonshire are worthy of praise
A Saga with Staying Power
Revisiting the unsurpassed TV glories of The Forsyte Saga
The West slumbers as its enemies run amok
Profound weaknesses leave us open to political warfare from Russia and China—weaknesses which they are ruthlessly exploiting
Routed by liberalism
How usury killed Christendom
Offences and defences
‘Standpoint is, as it has always been, a magazine for small-c conservatives and small-l liberals. But it is also for small-s socialists and small-g greens, and for those who resist pigeonholing on principle’