Clifford Longley is an English journalist and author.
Clifford Longley was educated at the Trinity School of John Whitgift in Croydon. He graduated from the University of Southampton.
Longley was a journalist for The Times from 1967 to 1992. He was a columnist for The Daily Telegraph from 1992 to 2000. He is a columnist and contributing editor for The Tablet, a Roman Catholic magazine.
Longley is the author of several books. He has advised the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.