(No spoilers included in this review) Get your Sinitta and 5 Star albums of feel-good music at the ready because if you haven’t already binged watched Russell T Davies new Channel 4 drama, It’s A Sin, then brace yourselves for grim viewing. Having seen the advert teasers and the first show on Friday 22nd January…
Author: Stuart M Bird
Motoring nurse or medical motorist? It's a difficult one. By day l nurse and by night l drive.
Fingers have always been grease deep in attending the motoring of an ageing fleet. And now l write about new and old.
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Bananarama: Really Say Quite A Lot.
What has literally lasted 40 years, started with a Swahili song, made with different collaborators and producers, gone on to make 11 albums to date, have an entry in the Guinness Book of Records, looks to have no signs of slowing down and in my eyes at least, the envy of many groups? Bananarama that…
Now you make an Audi Quattro out of Lego and we’re all in
Block Builders… Open Your Boxes… NOW! The Great Audi Lego Challenge
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. The Audi A2 1999 – 2005
TGUK have reviewed Audi’s smallest offerings with its City Carver and Sportback and both cars we liked. But this little upmarket Inglostadt offering doesn’t really bring anything new to the small car market. There was a time when Audi decided to reinvent the car. This was a time when the city car was given a…
CARS | Affordable Automotive Exotica
A Sunbeam Rapier popped up on Twitter recently and it got me thinking about automotive exotica. Today, exotica is an over used word and set for the expensive machines from Ferrari, Lamborghini and the like. Cars that the everyday man, woman, beast, boy or girl can only dream about or buy on a PCP deal….
Gardening. It’s Good For The Soul
Remembering John Slavin 1988 – 2018 We are told that gardening is good for our wellbeing but more importantly, our mental health. Several community gardens have popped up over the past few years with this in mind and thanks to Gardeners World, it has highlighted the important impact of these and in someways championed them….
QUICK CAR REVIEW | Ford Ranger Raptor
Toughened Up Toy Truck Ford take their Ranger workhorse pick-up and turn the volume to 11 making it into a BIG plaything. Compared to the standard workday Ranger, the Ranger Raptor really is BIG. The reinforced chassis and body shell make it both imposing and rugged but does that make it massive and unyielding? One…
BOOK REVIEW | Two Jeeps, An American Road-Trip by Alex Kefford
Have you ever wanted to take to the interstates of America in a vehicle of your choosing and explore the land of the free? That is exactly what author Alex and good friend Vince did with a few twists and turns more worthy of most tricky off-roading courses for any 4×4 out there. With the…
CAR REVIEW |Volvo V90 T8 Twin Engine AWD R-Design Plus
Volvo V90 T8 Twin Engine AWD R-Design Plus | The Versatile Rapid Tourer Everyone is going hybrid these days and Volvo are no exception to this. The Swedes have been looking at ways of propulsion and with the help of sister company, Polestar, there is pretty much a T8 twin-engined model in every sector Volvo…
CAR REVIEW | Audi A1 Citycarver 30 TFSI 116PS S tronic
Driving Out Of The City Audi has just revamped their little A1 for the city giving it the “Citycarver” moniker. It sits high up in the A1 range and therefore towers above the Sportback model in the range in more ways than one. What we have here is an Audi A1 that has been lifted…