Features / Stories

Guess The Furniture – Sweden Style

February 14, 2012

Sorting through some recce shots for some house and property features, I stumbled across this shot. Taken in Sweden a couple of years ago on a recce for a project that didn’t progress, it’s an odd looking object. But what is it? It was free standing, situated in the central hallway / staircase area of [...]

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Blast From The Past…

February 2, 2012

… was the headline for this feature on a car I had fond memories of. Back in the 1980′s it was a quick machine, holding class records at pretty much every speed hillclimb course in the UK, driven by Tony Bancroft. Total 911 Magazine gave me free reign to write about the car, then and [...]

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ALMS Porsche GT3RSR – One To Watch For

January 31, 2012

It’s hard to believe that just a few months ago, we were sitting in some sunshine photographing this car. It’s a genuine ALMS series car from 2002, finding refuge in the UK as a track day car and potential fun investment by it’s owner. Watch out for it on track days in the UK this [...]

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Feature – Porsche GT3RS vs Ferrari 458 Italia

January 24, 2012

Two cars that have been written about so many times within the last twelve months that you must wonder what else can be said about them. As I write this, I’m not on the Number One tier of motoring writers who are given the very first opportunity to drive the latest releases before everyone else. [...]

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Feature – Rare Porsche 993RS Development Car

January 21, 2012

Everyone who’s into Porsche loves the final, iconic, aircooled 993. Values are rising ever upwards and this one is rising more quickly than others. Feature about the original Porsche 993RS factory development car that was mysteriously sold to the UK, complete with all the original factory road books documenting it’s early life “If you’re one [...]

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Police Driving – How To Do The TPAC….

January 21, 2011

A while ago now, I spent a whole day with Durham Constabulary traffic police on a training day undertaking the TPAC method of halting cars made famous by many a late night police documentary. The final published story took a different slant, with the emphasis more on the BMW cars as opposed to the drivers [...]

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Do People Still Want Newspapers?

April 21, 2009

Yes they do. Sorry, let me just adjust that. Yes, they still want what newpapers have always given them, they just want it in a different way. Look at the iPhone. Some say that it’s the new newspaper and they could well be right. Look at all the apps that are available for weather, headlines, [...]

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