I WAS PERHAPS about nine or ten years old and we had spent the day at Frensham Pond in Surrey with our neighbours, my father’s Vauxhall 14 following our neighbour’s Standard Vanguard (in two-tone blue

Until just after 10pm, it was a normal Saturday night at The Spaniard’s Inn on Hampstead Heath. Glasses clinking, the background radiation of chatter and high spirits, staff dashing to and fro because

In last month’s column (see issue 375, p113), I mentioned I had attended FixFest 2025 (tinyurl. com/376fixfest), a two-day international repair conference organised by those lovely people at the Resta

From $300 from commodore.net The Commodore 64 Ultimate is “how remakes should be”, said David Crookes, editor of PC Pro’s Retro section, when we asked him to nominate his favourite retro gifts. “I lik

READERS TAKE US THROUGH THE RETRO KEYHOLE

My grandfather Brian has been an avid reader of PC Pro ever since I can remember. Reading through your magazines and chatting about the latest and greatest tech used to be a staple of my visits to him