Andrew Martin

Class conscious - Andrew Martin sees grocers become darlings of the left

• 15 November 2004

Grocers, once seen as Maggie Thatcher's people, are now darlings of the left

Class conscious - Andrew Martin envies his son's refined taste

• 08 November 2004

My son impresses me: it took me 15 years to develop his degree of musical snobbery

Books

Journey's end

• 01 November 2004

The Architecture of British Transport in the 20th Century Edited by Julian Holder and Steven Parissien Yale University Press, 246pp, £40 ISBN 0300106246

Class conscious - Andrew Martin applies lip salve - and earns a woman's disgust

• 01 November 2004

If you think etiquette no longer exists, try putting on lip salve in public

Class conscious - Andrew Martin thinks parking is a reason for murder

• 25 October 2004

How satisfying to find a white van with a copy of the Daily Star inside

Class conscious - Andrew Martin looks dapper in his new boiler suit

• 18 October 2004

I hoped the boiler suit would make me look like a tousle-haired car mechanic

Class conscious - Andrew Martin loses a leg to stop a property

• 11 October 2004

When I said I was having my leg off, they stopped talking about house prices

Class conscious - Andrew Martin blows his nose on his handkerchief

• 04 October 2004

I stick a handkerchief in my jacket pocket and think I look aspirational

Class conscious - Andrew Martin has an illogical position on hunting

• 27 September 2004

I don't want fox-hunting banned, because I want to continue to object to it

Class conscious - Andrew Martin fears good writing is becoming elitist

• 20 September 2004

To write well will soon be regarded as a fairly marginal accomplishment