After a summer of inactivity, Paul finally springs his XK8 to life, using the big coupe for several trips

The concours world exists in a strange parallel universe. Participants often spend huge amounts of money on buying and restoring a classic, only to watch on while a bunch of strangers wearing white Pa

Now we’re in the midst of autumn, with winter a whisker away, it’s good to make plans and look forward to the return of sunny days in spring. We’re big fans of Eastbourne on the south coast, which is

Regular readers will know the 99 had quite an eventful summer holiday at the Le Mans Classic with the rest of the C&SC gang (News special, September). Several ‘issues’ occurred on its travels, meaning

You might have noticed that this magazine’s ‘Lost in the archive’ page is usually written by me – voluntarily so. The reason is simple: I’m utterly fascinated by history. The intrigue of times past ha

A weekend getaway with some friends doesn’t exactly go to plan for Chris – in more ways than one…