Category Archives: History

Stirling and the Four Rings

Posted on 14/04/2020 by hotcrossbungay

https://touringcarmad.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/stirling-and-the-four-rings/ My tribute to Sir Stirling Moss continues. Last time, I covered his F1 World Championship debut at the 1951 Swiss Grand Prix. This time, I’m covering his touring car exploits of the early 1980’s. Stirling had sporadically competed in … Continue reading →

Posted in British, History, Motor Racing History, Sport | Tagged 1980's, Audi, BTCC, Motor Racing, Stirling Moss | Leave a comment

The Brit at Bremgarten

Posted on 13/04/2020 by hotcrossbungay

The 2nd F1 World Championship kicked off at Bremgarten in Switzerland on May 27th 1951. There were 21 Entries, consisting of mostly Italian Alfa Romeos, Ferraris and Maseratis and French Talbot-Lagos and Simca-Gordinis. The few exceptions were local hero Peter … Continue reading →

Posted in British, History, Motor Racing History, Sport | Tagged 1950's, 1951, F1, F1 Drivers | 1 Comment

Honda in the BTCC – Part 2

Posted on 24/01/2020 by hotcrossbungay

Honda’s first proper attempt at the BTCC was 1995 as an Motor Sport Developments-run works effort. Running a pair of Accords for David Leslie, a former race winner with Vauxhall and reigning Independent’s Champion James Kaye, steady progress saw Leslie … Continue reading →

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Honda in the BTCC – Part 1

Posted on 16/01/2020 by hotcrossbungay

As the British Touring Car Championship heads into a new decade, it is inevitable that the fleet of Honda Civics from Team Dynamics, BTC Racing and AMD Racing will be among the front runners. After all, Honda were by far … Continue reading →

Posted in British, History, Motor Racing History, Non-Fiction, Sport | Tagged 1980's, 1990's, 2000's, 2010's, 2020, BTCC, Motor Racing | Leave a comment

MR. PEABODY AND SHERMAN (2014) – Rated: U

Posted on 15/09/2014 by hotcrossbungay

In my review of Walt Disney’s Frozen (2013), I stated that some films turn to out to be so good when they come out in cinemas that I cannot help seeing them repeatedly without ever feeling satisfied. As well as … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Creative Writing, Film Reviews, History, Non-Fiction | Tagged 1950's, 1959, 1960, 1960's, 1990's, 1994, 2010's, 2014, 20th Century, 21st Century, Ariel Winter, Dreamworks, Film, Film Review, Max Charles, Mr. Peabody, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Rob Minkoff, Sherman, The Lion King, Ty Burrell | Leave a comment

FROZEN (2013) Rated: PG

Posted on 27/02/2014 by hotcrossbungay

Every now and again, there comes a time when you can and see a film at your local cinema and it turns out to be so good that you want to see it again and again and yet you are … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Creative Writing, Film Reviews, History, News, Non-Fiction | Tagged 2010, 2010's, 2013, 2014, Animated, Animation, Anna, Arendelle, Disney, Disney Princess, Elsa, Family, Frozen, Hans Andersen, Ice, Kristoff, Marshmallow, Olaf, Prince Hans, Princess Anna, Princess Elsa, Queen Elsa, Siblings, Sisters, Snow, Snow Queen, Snowman, Sven, Tangled, Tragedy | Leave a comment

WHO’S LEFT BEHIND? – KAYOKO’S DIARY (1991)

Posted on 11/09/2013 by hotcrossbungay

The 2010’s have very much marked the beginning of my adventure into the world of World War 2 themed Japanese Anime films. After reviewing Studio Ghibli’s ‘Grave of the Fireflies’ (1988) in 2010 and the ‘Barefoot Gen’ films (1983 and … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Anime, Fiction, Film Reviews, History, Japanese | Tagged 1940, 1940's, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1980's, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990's, 1991, 2000's, 2005, 2010, 2010's, 2011, 2012, 2013, 20th Century, 21st Century, Accident, Aircraft, American, American Bomber, Animation, Anime, Armed Forces, Aunt, Aunty, B-29 Superfortress, Baby, Bad Dream, Bad Dreams, Barefoot, Barefoot Gen, Based on Fact, Brother and Sister, Brothers, Bullies, Bully, Bullying, Children, City, Clothes, Coming of Age, Countryside, Destruction, Diary, Doll, Donation, Donations, Emperor Hirohito, Empire, Evacuation, Family, Family Heirloom, Famine, Fiction, Fictional, Film, Fire-Bombing, Friend, Friends, Friendship, Getas, Ghost Town, Ghosts, Grandmother, Grave of the Fireflies, Growing Up, History, Internet, Japan, Japanese, Kayoko, Kayoko Ebina, Kayoko Nakane, Kayoko's Diary, Kisaburo, Kisaburo Nakane, Konosuke, Konosuke Nakane, March, Memoir, Monsters, Nakane Family, Narration, Narrator, Nightmare, Nightmares, Numazu, Otokichi, Otokichi Nakane, P-51 Mustang, Parents, Pre War, Pre-Teen, Pregnancy, Pregnant, Pressure, Prized Possession, Rare, Re-Make, Review, School, School Teachers, Semi-Autobiographical, Showa Period, Siblings, Studio Ghibli, Style, Subtitles, Tadayoshi, Tadayoshi Nakane, Takejiro, Takejiro Nakane, Teachers, Toes, Tokyo, Tragedy, Translation, Turkey, Turkish, Turks, War, Who's Left Behind?, World War 2, Yoshi, Yoshi Nakane, YouTube | Leave a comment

Poverty – By Michael C. Bungay

Posted on 27/08/2013 by hotcrossbungay

Originally published on 27th August 2013. Last week in my Creative Writing Group at the Stevenage Wellbeing Centre in Hertfordshire, I had to write about money and what I would do with it if I had lots of it to … Continue reading →

Posted in British, Creative Writing, History | Tagged Around the World, Charity, Creative Writing, Famine, Finance, Greed, History, Money, Poverty, War, Worldwide | Leave a comment

“Barefoot Gen”

Posted on 13/08/2013 by hotcrossbungay

Originally posted on The View from This Seat (supplementary blog):
Tomorrow, August 6, is the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. When the bomb exploded at 8:15 on that hot August morning in 1945, Keiji Nakazawa was on…

Posted in American, Anime, Fiction, History, Japanese, Literature, Re-Blogged | Tagged 1940's, 1945, 1970's, 1972, 1973, Atomic Bomb, August, Autobiography, Comic, Comic Series, Coming of Age, Emperor Hirohito, Hiroshima, History, I Saw It!, Japan, Japanese, Keiji Nakazawa, Manga, Manga Series, Nagasaki, Semi-Autobiographical, Surrender, Survival, War, World War 2 | 2 Comments

MESSY CHURCH AND ME: THE EXTENDED EDITION By Michael C. Bungay

Posted on 21/07/2013 by hotcrossbungay

Messy Church, you would not think it, would you? Two words in the English Dictionary that could not be more mismatched. However, the thing is they do not have to be mismatched if people just use their imagination. So that … Continue reading →

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