It's 2015, I'm sitting in the reception area of the Holiday Inn at Hawthorn, a district of Los Angeles. It's around 8 weeks after the Paris terror attacks and having seen how the American TV news media are still wringing every once of value from that story in that exaggerated USA News Anchor style, I'm beginning to get my head around the American TV networks. CNN just love the fact that they have a Paris correspondent and think that it's the coolest thing. Fox News say that it's all Barack … [Read more...] about A Chance LA Conversation
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Fabian and Lucy
I could feel the heat radiating from the wall behind me. It had been baking all day in the direct sunlight and now, as the sun was setting, it was releasing that stored energy, gently warming my back and ensuring that, even though it would soon be dark, the residual heat meant that there would not be a chill in the air this evening. The glass of Rioja in my hand was gently warm and very smooth, the iron railing dividing us from the street below, where tapas bars were beginning the evening’s … [Read more...] about Fabian and Lucy
Autodromo De Terramar – The Sleeping Legend
It’s early, before 9:00am, but even in late September, the heat of the day is making itself felt in Catalonia. I’m in Sitges, just south of Barcelona in Spain, tracking down a circuit I’d heard mention of on occasion, but had never really been able to find out much about. While Sitges may be more widely known as the gay capital of Spain, for me, the Autodromo Terramar holds significantly more fascination. Built in the hedonistic, golden age of the birth of modern motorsport, Autodromo Terramar … [Read more...] about Autodromo De Terramar – The Sleeping Legend
Ferrari 288GTO Driven
The ignition key is tiny, with a black grip worn by the passage of time. The door key plain metal and even smaller. I scoop them up and walk towards it, bright red paint shining in the sunlight as only a Ferrari can wear, chisel edged front spoiler like a blade at shin height, four driving lights recessed deep below that. Beyond the curve of the front wings and the jet fighter-like rake of the windscreen, there are those iconic door mirrors, up high on stalks to give the driver a view rearwards … [Read more...] about Ferrari 288GTO Driven