Blue bird flies again

It all started with an argument. One day in November 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver enjoyed a shooting session in County Wexford, south-east Ireland. The quarrel arose over a discussion which developed among S

Ex-drag racer aims to shatter 376mph speed record next month

Did I ever say the Goodwood Festival of Speed was running out of steam? I might have uttered those words a year or two ago, but if so I was dead wrong. This year I went along for three of the four day

Motoring writer Ian Lamming fulfils a childhood dream by driving a sports car of his youth, as the MG Car Club prepares to descend on Croft Circuit in North Yorkshire

LAWNSWOOD ARMS, LEEDS

Looking back now, it seems so serendipitous. When Mike Gibbs got in touch to offer his Frazer Nash SS racer for a feature in Octane, he suggested that the nice people at Castle Combe circuit might be