Cheap Ramblings

The Geneva International Motor Show, or as some call it “Salon”, is now just a few weeks away and manufacturers are putting the final touches to the concepts from which they will whip a satin shroud in...

If you have an interest in tech you are probably aware of the spectacular failure of Europe’s biggest ever Kickstarter project, the Zano drone, which promised the Earth and failed to deliver so much as an...

I am a parent. I would have started that last sentence with the words “believe it or not” but for the fact the simple act of becoming a parent isn’t rare, miraculous or in any way difficult. If one is...

Like most blokes I’ve always loved Astons. It’s not just the obvious connection to you-know-who, more of which later, but for most of my life there was always something special, rarified, exclusive about...

I was in Eastbourne yesterday. For those of you outside the UK it’s one of the many Southern seaside towns on the so-called “English Riviera”, a beautifully preserved relic of a bygone era full of...

I’ve always rather liked Alfas. Not in that deluded, blinkered “you aren’t a proper petrolhead unless you’ve owned one” fashion so oft espoused by one J. “Clobber” Clarkson Esq but in a more...