Jamie burnett

Forever car, forever memories. ‘This car is ...

‘DID I HAVE A CHOICE?’ splutters Chris Haynes in mock indignation when I ask him whether he had an interest in cars as a child. Well, sometimes the enthusiasm of the father is not passed down to his o

I loved Martin Buckley’s piece about his Mamod Roadster (Backfire, July). Martin is always my go-to when I get a new magazine delivered, but enough sycophancy… It rang a bell with me when Martin menti

I blame the Gumdrop books by Val Biro (below) – those tales were read to me by my mum when I was a child. They lingered long in the memory, and last year I started a new chapter of my own when I acqui

James Cotton loves his car and his club

1. When you are away a lot travelling with work, you need a reliable way of waking you up. I bought this portable alarm clock from the Hermès shop in Harrods for my wife Bettina years ago, but appropr