Editing Simon Jenkins (section)

===Books===
Jenkins has written several books on the [[Politics of England|politics]], [[History of England|history]] and [[architecture of England]], including ''England's Thousand Best Churches''<ref>Jenkins, Simon (2003) "England's Thousand Best Churches", ''Manchester Memoirs''; vol. 140 (2001–02), pp. 10–20 (part of a lecture he gave to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 29 October 2001)</ref> and ''England's Thousand Best Houses''.<ref name="Indy"/> In his 2011 book ''A Short History of England'', he argued that the [[British Empire]] "was a remarkable institution that dismantled itself in good order".<ref name="Times 03.09.2011">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/simon-jenkinss-potted-history-of-england-xltqns06g0r|title=Simon Jenkins's potted history of England|author=Kamm, Oliver|date=3 September 2011|newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref>

In 2022, Jenkins's book, ''The Celts: A Sceptical History'', stoked some controversy on account of his incredulous view of the [[Celts]] as a distinct cultural entity. The release of the work was met with a number of hostile reviews from specialists in Celtic studies, with these critics of the book alleging factual errors in the work as well as of the misrepresentation of sources.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nation.cymru/culture/review-the-celts-a-sceptical-history-by-simon-jenkins/|title=Review: The Celts, A Sceptical History, by Simon Jenkins|author=Rodway, Simon|date=1 July 2022|newspaper=[[Nation.Cymru]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/20254985.celts-sceptical-history-simon-jenkins-book-review/|title=Review: The Celts, A Sceptical History, by Simon Jenkins. Book Review|author=Mabbot, Alastair|date=8 July 2022|newspaper=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theirishstory.com/2022/12/28/book-review-the-celt-a-sceptical-history/#.Y6-f5XZBy00|title=Book Review: The Celts, A Sceptical History, by Simon Jenkins|author=Fresne, Patrick|date=28 December 2022|newspaper=The Irish Story}}</ref>