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Guitarist Vernon Reid Guitar Early Nineties HamerChaparral CustomGW Cover Date April 1993 This interview May 2025 Photographer Kristine Larsen BY ANDREW DALY How did you come upon this guitar? I think

Dear Simon, The history of Pitman shorthand told by Angeline Wilcox in the July edition of Best of British (Write on Time) evoked so many memories. I was amazed to learn that Isaac Pitman actually cre

This month I started my 49th year of writing for Autosport, a journey that has spanned 13 editors, 21 Formula 1 world champions, 11 British prime ministers and two monarchs. I joined on 18 July 1977,

What was your first guitar? I was around nine when I saw the Rolling Stones and the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. I was instantly attracted to George Harrison and Keith Richards’ guitar playing, so

When I was aged 10, the farmers used to come round the schools to pick volunteers to work on the farms during the summer holidays, mainly to help bring in the harvest. The country was still building u