Cameron, and modernising elements within the Conservative Party. Heffer has written sympathetically about and backed the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and Nigel Farage. He supported the UK's withdrawal from the EU in the Brexit referendum. In an article in the Daily Telegraph, Heffer suggested that some of those who supported Britain remaining in the European Union were members of the Bilderberg Group and attendees of the World Economic Forum at Davos. From 2016 to 2019, he was part of the political advisory board of Leave Means Leave. Personal life Heffer married his wife Diana Caroline in 1987. He has two children. Heffer lives in Essex with his family. His passions outside of politics include classical music and cricket. Bibliography Heffer, Simon, & Charles Moore (editors), A Tory Seer: The Selected Journalism of T.E. Utley, London, 1989, Heffer, Simon, Moral Desperado: A Life of Thomas Carlyle, London, 1995. Heffer, Simon, Power and Place: The Political Consequences of King Edward VII, London, 1998. Heffer, Simon, Like the Roman: The Life of Enoch Powell, London, 1998. Heffer, Simon, Nor Shall My Sword: The Reinvention of England, London, 1999. Heffer, Simon, Vaughan Williams, London, 2000. Heffer, Simon: Strictly English: The correct way to write... and why it matters, London : Rh Books, 2010, Heffer, Simon, Simply English, London : RH Books, 2014. Heffer, Simon (2017) The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914, Random House, London Heffer, Simon (2019) Staring at God: Britain in the Great War, Random House, London Critical studies, reviews and biography See also List of newspaper columnists References External links www.macmillandictionaryblog.com 1960 births 20th-century British non-fiction writers 20th-century British journalists 21st-century British non-fiction writers 21st-century British journalists Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge British male non-fiction writers Daily Mail journalists English atheists English biographers English columnists Living people People educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford The Daily Telegraph people