Simon Heffer
Sunday 19 August 2007 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley talks to political columnist Simon Heffer, who currently writes for the Daily Mail, having previously been political editor of The Spectator and deputy editor of The Daily Telegraph.
English music and Wagner are central to his musical philosophy, and his choices include works by Holst, Parry, Butterworth, Vaughan Williams and George Lloyd, as well as part of the Prelude to Wagner's Gotterdammerung.