Marcus Berkmann

More matter with less art

25 February 2017 9:00 am

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

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

When A.A. Gill died last December, there was wailing and gnashing of teeth across the nation. I must admit this…

Corduroy

28 January 2017 9:00 am

Every Christmas, I ask my loved ones for at least two pairs of corduroy trousers. Off with a sigh tramps…

The badge of an all-transcending fellowship

Corduroy

26 January 2017 3:00 pm

Every Christmas, I ask my loved ones for at least two pairs of corduroy trousers. Off with a sigh tramps…

Pub quizzes

7 January 2017 9:00 am

For more than 20 years now, I have been trudging up the hill to the Prince of Wales in Highgate…

‘Pub owners are particularly keen on quizzes, because quiz teams drink an awful lot’

Pub quizzes

5 January 2017 3:00 pm

For more than 20 years now, I have been trudging up the hill to the Prince of Wales in Highgate…

Christmas stocking fillers

19 November 2016 9:00 am

The gift books come in all shapes and sizes this year: big, little, tiny, huge, long, short, fat and thin,…

Too much glam

29 September 2016 1:00 pm

This mighty volume begs a question, although it doesn’t ask it, let alone answer it. Does anyone in the known…

El Sid

11 June 2016 8:00 am

Was there life before darts? I am old enough, just about, to remember such a time. One minute, in or…

Starman

14 January 2016 3:00 pm

The DJ and sage Mark Radcliffe once said that he didn’t think he could ever like anyone who didn’t love…

He’s in the bestselling show: David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust, New York, 1973

Starman

14 January 2016 3:00 pm

The DJ and sage Mark Radcliffe once said that he didn’t think he could ever like anyone who didn’t love…

He’s in the bestselling show: David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust, New York, 1973

Starman

14 January 2016 3:00 pm

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

8 October 2015 2:00 pm

This is my 345th and last monthly column about pop music for The Spectator. I believe I might be the…

Going for a song

10 September 2015 1:00 pm

This column does like a bargain. Indeed, it not only esteems and relishes a bargain, it has also worked long…

Going for a song

10 September 2015 1:00 pm

This column does like a bargain. Indeed, it not only esteems and relishes a bargain, it has also worked long…

Going for a song

10 September 2015 1:00 pm

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

6 August 2015 1:00 pm

I have been writing a book this summer, in the usual mad tearing hurry. (Much as I admire those who…

Hans-Joachim Roedelius (Photo: Gary Wolstenholme/Redferns)

Music to write books by

6 August 2015 1:00 pm

I have been writing a book this summer, in the usual mad tearing hurry. (Much as I admire those who…

Hans-Joachim Roedelius (Photo: Gary Wolstenholme/Redferns)

Music to write books by

6 August 2015 1:00 pm

I have been writing a book this summer, in the usual mad tearing hurry. (Much as I admire those who…

The beat goes on

9 July 2015 1:00 pm

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

9 July 2015 1:00 pm

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

9 July 2015 1:00 pm

It’s rare that I see a piece about music that makes me want to cheer from the rafters and shake…

The pretenders

11 June 2015 1:00 pm

Like a lot of essentially cautious people, I like my music to take some risks, play with fire and damn…

The pretenders

11 June 2015 1:00 pm

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

7 May 2015 1:00 pm

Where were you when you heard that Zayn Malik had left One Direction? No, me neither, but as my teenage…