James’s dream bike, the cinelli laser

As if it was meant to be, I finally managed to get my hands on the parts and tools needed to upgrade the cranks and chainring on my Wild. After some flurried Googling and general expert-bothering, I w

The Doc’s Spanish sojourn leaves him with glowing surface impressions

In February 2009, C&SC published a Your classic story of my purchase of a Ferrari 348tb, which I took to my home in Spain. I ended by stating: ‘I can’t see myself ever letting go of it.’ Inevitably, t

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It’s 50 years since the Laverda Jota shoulder-charged its way into our hearts. We go to the anniversary bash to see what all the fuss is about

Opera is dead. And has been for quite a long time. I don’t care what anybody says about Poulenc and Prokofiev, I cannot be persuaded that any listenable music theatre has been written since Puccini. (