So many books have been published, so much has been written about the Rolls-Royce car that there would not seem to be much more to contribute. A discourse which some…

"Action Stations. Four Military Airfields of Yorkshire" by Bruce Barrymore Halpenny. 216 pp., 9 1/4" x 6" (Patrick Stephens Ltd., Bar Hill, Cambridge CB3 8EL. £8.95) This book obviously follows…

Shire Publications of Princes Risborough has added Nos 289 and 292 to the motoring titles in its attractive Shire Albums series. The first is a discourse on the Citroen, by…

Esholt, Nr. Shipley, Yorks. The Airedale car depicted in a contemporary Motor Show catalogue. I am fortunate in being able to continue this series with some very interesting information about…

Mark Garfitt's second Summer Serendipity took place at the The Verzons hotel near Ledbury on August 15, encouraged by the VSCC and supported by Mike Moss of Weston's Cider who…

The Brothers Who Loved Buggatis A personal devotion the the marque let to the founding of the Bugatti Club and Prescott Hillclimb. Bill Boddy recalls the Giles Brothers, the lynch-pin…

Too late last month to express our grief at the unexpected news of the death of Patrick Marsh, the VSCC's President, at the age of 48, from multiple sclerosis we…

In Aero-Engined Racing Cars (reviewed last month), I refer to the uncorroborated story of Alastair Miller, HRH The Prince of Wales, a royal shooting-brake and the racing Wolseley Viper. I…

I was reading somewhere about the 100 best sportscars, which said the 30/98 Vauxhall seldom appeared at Brooklands. Come on! Even before WWI, Laurence Pomeroy's E-Type 30/98s were doing well…

We learn with regret that Higham, more recently called Highland Court, the house at Bridge, near Canterbury, that was once the residence of Count Louis Zborowski, after having served as…

I am not addicted to museums, but finding myself in Birmingham I visited The Museum of Science and Industry, which is a credit to the City Council. The exhibits are…

"The Automobile Book" by Ralph Stein. 322 pp. 11¾ in. x 8¼ in. (Paul Hamlyn, Ltd., Westbrook House, 583, Fulham Road, London, S.W.6. 50s.) The American author Ralph Stein specialises in…