Artillery Row

Beethoven: Nine symphonies+ (Decca)

This Beethoven gift set is not for Christmas. It is for life

Portugal must be more than an EU vassal

As elections approach, can Portugal break the stultifying hold of a progressive, big state worldview?

No questions about the woman question, please

Activists are even being excluded from conversations about activism

The problem with “extremism”

Violence and intimidation are deplorable, but can there be a clear definition of a concept as subjective as “extremism”?

Bumps in the road

British roads, like Britain itself, need a lot of maintenance work

Budgets are overrated

Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build

The poverty of miners’ strike nostalgia

We should not romanticise a futile and sometimes thuggish struggle

Britain is still safe for Jews

It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?

World Budget Day

On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson

A mum’s place is in the Irish constitution

Ireland’s constitution is rare in protecting mothers, so why change this?