More matter with less art
When A.A. Gill died last December, there was wailing and gnashing of teeth across the nation. I must admit this…
More matter with less art
When A.A. Gill died last December, there was wailing and gnashing of teeth across the nation. I must admit this…
Corduroy
Every Christmas, I ask my loved ones for at least two pairs of corduroy trousers. Off with a sigh tramps…
Corduroy
Every Christmas, I ask my loved ones for at least two pairs of corduroy trousers. Off with a sigh tramps…
Pub quizzes
For more than 20 years now, I have been trudging up the hill to the Prince of Wales in Highgate…
Pub quizzes
For more than 20 years now, I have been trudging up the hill to the Prince of Wales in Highgate…
Christmas stocking fillers
The gift books come in all shapes and sizes this year: big, little, tiny, huge, long, short, fat and thin,…
Too much glam
This mighty volume begs a question, although it doesn’t ask it, let alone answer it. Does anyone in the known…
El Sid
Was there life before darts? I am old enough, just about, to remember such a time. One minute, in or…
Starman
The DJ and sage Mark Radcliffe once said that he didn’t think he could ever like anyone who didn’t love…
Starman
The DJ and sage Mark Radcliffe once said that he didn’t think he could ever like anyone who didn’t love…
Starman
The DJ and sage Mark Radcliffe once said that he didn’t think he could ever like anyone who didn’t love…
Why I’m stepping down after 28 years as The Spectator pop critic
This is my 345th and last monthly column about pop music for The Spectator. I believe I might be the…
Going for a song
This column does like a bargain. Indeed, it not only esteems and relishes a bargain, it has also worked long…
Going for a song
This column does like a bargain. Indeed, it not only esteems and relishes a bargain, it has also worked long…
Going for a song
This column does like a bargain. Indeed, it not only esteems and relishes a bargain, it has also worked long…
Music to write books by
I have been writing a book this summer, in the usual mad tearing hurry. (Much as I admire those who…
Music to write books by
I have been writing a book this summer, in the usual mad tearing hurry. (Much as I admire those who…
Music to write books by
I have been writing a book this summer, in the usual mad tearing hurry. (Much as I admire those who…
The beat goes on
It’s rare that I see a piece about music that makes me want to cheer from the rafters and shake…
The beat goes on
It’s rare that I see a piece about music that makes me want to cheer from the rafters and shake…
The beat goes on
It’s rare that I see a piece about music that makes me want to cheer from the rafters and shake…
The pretenders
Like a lot of essentially cautious people, I like my music to take some risks, play with fire and damn…
The pretenders
Like a lot of essentially cautious people, I like my music to take some risks, play with fire and damn…
And then there were four
Where were you when you heard that Zayn Malik had left One Direction? No, me neither, but as my teenage…
