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30 April 11:38

Tractors and GT40s – the highlights of 10 years on C&SC

While putting to bed the April issue of Classic & Sports Car, it dawned on me that I have been the magazine's art editor for a whole decade. ...

25 April 12:07

Reluctantly acknowledging the classics I will never own

I suspect that most of the readers of C&SC will have various lists: a list of cars they own, a list of cars they used to own, a list of cars ...

17 April 12:32

Bookshelves that are heaving under the weight of history

Thinking back 20 years, I recall that the first thing I bought after buying my first classic was a good old Haynes Manual – a process that I ...

11 March 17:49

The day I got to pretend I was Jenks on the Brizzle Miglia

Before my persistence paid off and I landed the job of Art Editor for Classic & Sports Car, I worked on another Haymarket Production: Racing ...

28 February 10:43

Modify by all means but please keep it sensible

I recently spent time with another classic car owner and enthusiast whose ambition (or so it seemed) was to rip the heart out of a good proportion ...

4 February 15:38

If you mend it you can tend it

I had a bit of an emergency before Christmas when one of the Scimitar’s wheel studs snapped. Fortunately it happened in the car park at the office ...