Amphibious antics

Ali Wood gets top tips on choosing the ideal boat for road and water

Detroit muscle and European saloon-car racing were once intertwined. However, AMC was rarely represented on track, which made the arrival of the Spirit AMX all the more unexpected. Team Highball built

If it hadn’t been for a keen online rival bidder, you would now be reading about how I’d just bought a Renault Avantime and how I was embarking on an ill-judged foray into weird French car ownership.

Rekindling lost wonder and becoming a sailor again – due to necessity

At a very formative moment in my life I was taken to watch the film Dead Poets Society. I was 13 and was told it was a comedy about an inspirational teacher who transforms the life of his pupils. I em

I spoke to Russ Knudsen, the guy who built it, and I called bullsh*t on the 206mph claim,” says Paul Cowland, TV presenter and this Pontiac Tojan’s owner. “At about 140mph it generates enormous amount