Andrew Martin

Class conscious - Andrew Martin declines to wear the T-shirt

• 17 May 2004

Nowadays, a T-shirt is standard wear for the non-posh British man at leisure

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Class conscious - Andrew Martin finds true status in Classic FM

• 10 May 2004

Classic FM coaxes its middle-class listeners to take life gently

Class conscious - Andrew Martin plays Champagne Charlie in taxis

• 03 May 2004

Treat your cabbie as if you were Champagne Charlie making his getaway

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Class conscious - Andrew Martin eats pea puree (or mushy peas)

• 26 April 2004

Harrogate is so genteel that people blush when ordering "a fat rascal"

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Class conscious - Andrew Martin on the etiquette for your local pub

• 19 April 2004

Tips for the ordinary pub: watch football, ignore the music, never say "David Hare"

Class conscious - Andrew Martin decides scuffed paperbacks are classy

• 12 April 2004

Basically, the rich don't read books, so sod them if they don't like paperbacks

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Class conscious - Andrew Martin gives up on ambition

• 05 April 2004

I've now renounced my ambitions - such as being a greenkeeper on a golf course

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Class conscious - Andrew Martin tries to keep up appearances

• 29 March 2004

Has anyone at all in Britain darned a sock in the past ten years? Asks Andrew Martin

Class conscious - Andrew Martin asks if a cigar has snob appeal

• 22 March 2004

How can anyone smoke a cigar without looking as if they're showing off? Asks Andrew Martin

Class conscious - Andrew Martin finds they're posher Up the Hill

• 15 March 2004

Up the Hill is smart and pricey. Down the Hill is "ethnic" and has a KFC