Angels of the north

The previous weekend’s British Grand Prix was a timely prelude to the Goodwood Festival of Speed’s biggest-ever celebration from 10-13 July, marking 75 years of Formula One. More than 100 cars charted

LAWNSWOOD ARMS, LEEDS

The year 1948 was a significant one for British motoring and motorsport: on 18 September, racing was re-established with the inaugural fixture at Goodwood, and on 27 October the Earls Court Motor Show

Tim Ashworth of auctioneer Manor Park Classics recently retrieved a set of eight cars from two different houses in Chorlton, Manchester, as part of a deceased estate. Two of them are very rare and unu

HERO-ERAʼs Peking to Paris Motor Challenge, from 17 May-22 June, was the eventʼs ninth running. From Beijing to the grounds of the Gendarmerie Nationale in Paris, 14,889km (9252 miles) later, the worl

IN MORE THAN 20 years of writing for Octane, one of the cars I remember most covetously was not a Ferrari, a Lamborghini or even a Jaguar (although a D-type is a good contender). No, it was a comparat