Editing Simon Heffer (section)

=== Journalism ===
Heffer worked for ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' until 1995. He worked as a columnist for the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' from 1995 to 2005. He rejoined the ''Telegraph'' in October 2005 as a columnist and associate editor. [[Martin Newland]], the ''Daily Telegraph''{{'s}} editor at the time, described the newspaper as Heffer's "natural journalistic home".<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news | title=Columnist Simon Heffer to join the Daily Telegraph | work=The Daily Telegraph| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/pressoffice/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/pressoffice/2005/09/19/pre20050919.xml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311102242/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/pressoffice/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/pressoffice/2005/09/19/pre20050919.xml | archive-date=11 March 2007 | access-date=5 November 2006 | location=London}}</ref> He left the ''Telegraph'' in May 2011 to "pursue a role in journalism and broadcasting" and "complete a major literary project".<ref>{{cite news |first=James |last=Robinson |title=Simon Heffer to leave Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/may/11/simon-heffer-leaves-daily-telegraph |date=11 May 2011 |work=The Guardian |access-date=12 May 2001 |location=London}}</ref> It had been speculated that his departure had been prompted by his constant attacks on [[Cameron–Clegg coalition|David Cameron's government]], of which the ''Telegraph'' had been generally supportive.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/may/11/simon-heffer-leaves-daily-telegraph Simon Heffer to leave Daily Telegraph], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 11 May 2011</ref> Heffer later rejoined the ''Daily Mail'' to edit a new online comment section, called RightMinds, of the paper's online edition.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/sep/13/heffer-mail-online-comment-website | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Josh | last=Halliday | title=Simon Heffer launches MailOnline comment website RightMinds | date=13 September 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014gcm1 Simon Heffer and media ownership], [[BBC Radio 4]], 14 September 2011</ref> He returned to the ''Daily Telegraph'' in June 2015 and has a weekly column in the ''[[The Sunday Telegraph|Sunday Telegraph]]''.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/11655186/Simon-Heffer-Culture-isnt-just-nice-its-necessary.html 'Culture isn't just nice – it's necessary'], ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 6 June 2015</ref>