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Category Archives: History
Stirling and the Four Rings
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
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The Brit at Bremgarten
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
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Honda in the BTCC – Part 2
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
Posted in British, History, Motor Racing History, Sport
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Honda in the BTCC – Part 1
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
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MR. PEABODY AND SHERMAN (2014) – Rated: U
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
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FROZEN (2013) Rated: PG
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
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Poverty – By Michael C. Bungay
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
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“Barefoot Gen”
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
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