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In my previous blog, I declared my love for the 993-generation Porsche 911 Turbo, and concluded that its status as a collector’s item has...

How does the following set of statistics grab you: 408bhp, 0-62mph in 3.7secs, 180mph? If they sound tantalisingly impressive in 2022,...

Music is my therapy, my escapism. People often talk of their well-being ‘toolboxes’, figurative cases containing all the things that make...

In today’s world of ever more stringent emissions legislation, the (correct) focus on the environment, and the need to make the most of...

Animals make me happy. In a recent blog I shared some tips for dealing with anxiety, but I omitted one very significant part of the...

I grew up in a village and still live in one, but please do spare me the YMCA quips or Seth Armstrong impersonations. Villages have a...

Watching true crime documentaries to relax sounds like a contradiction in terms, doesn’t it? But at the end of a long and difficult day,...

What is your idea of the perfect Saturday evening out? Being in a sweaty, humid nightclub unable to hear yourself think over the DJ’s...

Ask most people to name the ultimate two-seat modern classic roadster and, chances are, they will pick the Mazda MX-5. And why not? After...

As a life-long sufferer of anxiety, it’s fair to say I’ve experienced more than my fair share of bad days over the course of the past 30...

Nineties Brit-pop band Blur once proclaimed ‘modern life is rubbish’. Well, if the band will allow me to paraphrase them, I reckon modern...

Anxiety. It’s a seven-letter word, but its effects on the mind and body can be both multi-faceted and debilitating. Today, I am...

What comes to mind when you think of ‘Rover’? As a child growing up in the Nineties, the marque had something of a split personality to...

Cards on the table time: I love a good 'sesh'. Popping down to the local and having a few beers with friends (along with some rather...

My love affair with the Subaru Impreza 22B began back in 1999 (the year of its UK launch, bizarrely enough). That might sound...