The year 1953 was when life in Britain began finally to bleed from monochrome to colour. Not everywhere, and not for everybody, but, slowly, there was a palpable sense that brighter days were just bey

BRENT, NORTH LONDON

F ast versions of modern Minis are the sort of cars about which reviewers can’t seem to make up their minds. They’ve won group tests on about as many occasions as they’ve gone down in flames. Even thi

THIRSK, NORTH YORKSHIRE

A car park in rapidly changing Northampton reveals some rarities – and a surprising absence

I’m getting excited by a proposed change in EU regulations. Yes, really. Well, they promise to foster a new era of tiny cars that should be big fun to drive