My thoughts on the powerful and moving testimony by Azeem Rafiq
If you don’t know what this is all about – you can read about it on the BBC News channel – just click here.
Concours, The Quail, Royal Range Rovers & Chevy Station Wagons
Podcast with Mathias Doutreleau
Check out my chat with dear friend Mathias Doutreleau who is Founder and Chairman of the Concours d’Elegance Suisse and has created automotive events around the world including the Middle East, Far East and The Quail in California. We talk about his classic ex-Royal Range Rover and he recalls his father’s humungous station wagon they used to cruise around France in and the extremely rare and unique classic Rolls-Royce that still lives in the family. Passionate, insightful and inspirational, if you care for classic cars and automotive events, this is podcast is a must! Find him: https://www.concoursdelegancesuisse.com/ https://www.projectautomobile.com/
Continue reading “Concours, The Quail, Royal Range Rovers & Chevy Station Wagons”The Bentley Man Promoting Mental Heath at Car Shows!
Mike Turlin travels to car shows in his white and gold Bentley to promote mental health
Meet The Bentley Man Mike Turlin, who travels all over the UK to events with his gold and white Bentley to promote mental health. He gets people to open up and talk. As a mental health patient himself, who attempted multiple suicide attempts, Mike also provides guidance, help and resources to help people tackle stress, depression, anxiety and other mental health issues, devoting 50% of his time, energy and personal income to helping others.
Continue reading “The Bentley Man Promoting Mental Heath at Car Shows!”I got COVID-19
No, God no! How can pizza taste so horrid?
We leave letters lying on the floor mat for a couple of days before touching them. Coming back from shopping involves up to an hour of anti-bac wiping and washing, right down to the last piece of fruit and vegetable. Outside: face masks on, sanitisers on standby, and proximity alert wound up to maximum – ‘hey, back off buddy!’ shouts my imaginary proxy self upon infringement, deliberate or otherwise, of my immediate two-metre surround space. In reality I usually just turn away and step back.
Continue reading “I got COVID-19”From LJK Setright to BrownCarGuy
Via Car Magazine and Motoring Middle East – beating the odds
A few days ago, Motoring Middle East, which is an automotive news media channel across YouTube and social media platforms, but based in Dubai, celebrated its 9th birthday. Why is that significant? Because in 2011, along with Imthishan Giado, I co-founded ‘MME’, as we came to call it.
Continue reading “From LJK Setright to BrownCarGuy”Neville Darukhanawalla – from Scooter Boy to Ram Head
The Amazing Journey from selling old mags in India to PR for FCA in Dubai
In this episode I chat to my good buddy, Neville Darukhanawalla. A self-confessed automotive buff, Neville Jal Darukhanawalla has been associated with cars and bikes since his school days in the late 1980s. A two-time national champion, racing scooters in his native India, he has raced in different forms of motorcycle sport – road racing, motocross, rallies, flat track, trials and what have you. A massive fan of Formula One and MotoGP – in fact, of all forms on motor racing, he believes that racing improves the breed.
Continue reading “Neville Darukhanawalla – from Scooter Boy to Ram Head”5 things I’ve learned in Lockdown. No, a new language isn’t one of them
Epiphanic Lockdown Revelations: we’re all idiots, we’re all amazing and… no, we’re all still just idiots
Have you gained superior wisdomfrom this virus experience, even though it’s not quite over and everyone’s utterly confused right now? Why the confusion? What tabloid have you been on? Read on…
Continue reading “5 things I’ve learned in Lockdown. No, a new language isn’t one of them”Was the virtual blackout enough?
#BlackOutTuesday was phenomenal, but it’s hardly adequate when #BlackLivesMatter
There was a blackout on the web yesterday – around 30 million black squares posted on #BlackOutTuesday to saturate social media with one crucial message: #BlackLivesMatter.
It was surreal and heart-warming, and sent out a much-needed message of solidarity that was unprecedented in its scope and sentiment.
Continue reading “Was the virtual blackout enough?”This may be the last thing I ever write
That headline though. A bit much? Morosely melodramatic? Potentially true?!
I’ve often said I’ll never retire; I’ll just keep making content until I drop dead. Trouble is that that might happen sooner than I had anticipated. There I go again with the drama! But after reading the next paragraph, you may find my sympathy-trolling justified.
Continue reading “This may be the last thing I ever write”It’s Not Easy being a Brown Car Guy!
Very special and hilarious episode about the trauma, trials & tribulations of being a #BrownCarGuy
A very special, and hilarious, episode in which I talk about the unique challenges, particularly for me, in being a car guy as a brown or Asian person, and then on top of that, to actually (through blind determination and ignoring all the naysayers) choose to forge a career in automotive and motoring media and journalism, and still be struggling with that choice to the present day. I reveal funny episodes involving a Ferrari F40 and Samosas and ponder what I’d look like in other professions.
Continue reading “It’s Not Easy being a Brown Car Guy!”