by Doug Nye. 199 pp. 9¾ in. x 5½ in. (B. T. Batsford Ltd., 4, Fitzhardinge Street, London, W1H 0AH. £3.50). This is a difficult book to review. Knowledgeable students…

Perhaps one should not have expected to find much for this feature in the much-read, controversial "Peter Hall's Diaries — The Story of a Dramatic Battle" (Hamish Hamilton, 1983, edited…

It is with the deepest regret that we learn of the death from cancer of T A (Bob) Roberts, OBE, a Vice-President of the Bugatti OC, owner of the Midlands…

The Bean CC held a run in May starting from the old Bean factory at Tipton and meandering through Salop, to the delights of the Ironbridge Museum. It attracted that…

After John Godfrey Parry Thomas had left Leyland Motors, for whom he had designed an aero-engine and the very advanced but virtually stillborn Leyland Eight luxury car, he went to…

"The Bassett-Lowke Story" by Roland Fuller. 352 pp. 12 in x 8 in (New Cavendish Books, 23 Craven Hill, London W2. £18.50). This book is far more about model locomotives,…

Being an Account of a B.M.W.-with-a-Difference The B.M.W. and the Bristol are both cars which merit the respect of enthusiasts and Mr. B. Babani has made the best of them…

Years ago I was given an impressive ride in a schoolmaster’s 1½-litre side-valve sports two-seater Riley Redwing, made in Coventry up to 1920. But in 1927 the remarkable 1074cc Riley…

In 1920 W O Bentley joined the ranks of sports car makers, which did not stop Vauxhall from producing its type OE 30/98 sports cars until 1927 in spite of the Bentley…

One of the attractions at VSCC Colerne and other venues has been the active appearances of Roger Smith's excellent replica ABC-engined propeller-driven rear-axlesteered Leyat saloon cyclecar. I hope we shall…

Which was first? I saw in a classic magazine the historical statement that the first British road car with four valves per cylinder was the Bentley. While accepting that all…

A section devoted to old-car matters By Brushmobile to Brighton The Veteran Car Run to Brighton is always fun, not perhaps quite such fun as in pre-war days, but enormous…