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I'm 27 years old and live in Scotland where I work as a professional drummer. My other interests include motor-racing, humour and watching my football team lose. I dislike mushrooms and cheese packaging.

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Sports & Recreation > Auto Racing (Other) Formula 1 drivers: Jochen Rindt: 1 of 2
Jochen Rindt is remembered principally for one thing. The Austrian holds the tragic record of being Formula 1's only posthumous World Champion. It is only natural that this has come to overshadow the rest of his career but his death in 1970 also robbed the sport of one of its most popular and talented competitors. Born in 19... More..
Sports & Recreation > Auto Racing (Other) Formula 1 drivers: Riccardo Paletti: 1 of 2
The bespectacled young Italian did not look like a racing driver, but Riccardo Paletti was serious about his motor racing career, to the extent that he took his own medical adviser to races with him to monitor his body's performance. He has frequently been dismissed as a rich kid who got to Formula 1 because of his father's ... More..
Sports & Recreation > Auto Racing (Other) Reflections on Formula 1 drivers: Tom Pryce: 1 of 2
Formula 1 is traditionally the domain of extravagant individuals and large egos. Thomas Maldwyn Pryce ticked neither of these boxes but the sight of him balancing his menacing black Shadow on the edge of adhesion would become one of the sport's most enduring images. This quiet, unassuming Welshman enjoyed an all too brief ca... More..
Sports & Recreation > Auto Racing (Other) Formula 1 drivers: Ronnie Peterson: 1 of 2
During the 1970's Ronnie Peterson staked a strong claim to being the fastest driver of the decade, but despite his obvious speed the World Championship would elude him. No-one who was there could ever forget the sight of the black and gold Lotus hurtling through Woodcote corner at Silverstone, seemingly defying several laws ... More..
Sports & Recreation > Sports Celebrities Biography: James Hunt: 1 of 2
James Hunt, the brash public schoolboy turned Formula 1 World Champion. Educated at Wellington College and following a colourful career in the lower formulae which earned him the nickname 'Hunt the Shunt' Hunt found his perfect match in the charismatic Lord Alexander Hesketh and his fledgling Formula 1 operation. The likes o... More..
Sports & Recreation > Auto Racing (Other) Biographies: Peter Revson: 1 of 2
Peter Jeffrey Revson had no need to race cars. Indeed, he had no need to work at all, being an heir to the Revlon cosmetics empire. Regarded by some as little more than a rich playboy he went on to establish himself as one of the sport's most competitive and respected professionals. Born in New York in 1939 Peter Revson was ... More..
Autos > Classic Cars Classic car reviews: 1965 Shelby Cobra: 1 of 2
The Anglo-American partnership which spawned the Shelby Cobra may have been a financial disaster, but the car they produced became a motoring icon. A flamboyant Texan racing driver, the might of Ford and a small British car company combined to create a formidable automobile. AC Cars had happily been fitting the reliable but ... More..
Sports & Recreation > Auto Racing (Other) Reflections on Formula 1 drivers: Stefan Bellof: 1 of 2
Many younger fans of Formula 1 will be unaware that, prior to Michael Schumacher's arrival in the sport, there was another supremely talented German who could have been World Champion if he had lived long enough. Stefan Bellof burst onto the international racing scene in the early 1980s, initially with the Maurer Formula 2 t... More..
Autos > Antique Cars Automotive antiques: Jaguar XK 120 Roadster: 1 of 2
In 1948 Britain was still very much recovering from the war effort, with rationing still in effect. It was into this environment that Jaguar unleashed their XK120 Roadster on an unsuspecting public at that year's Earls Court Motor Show. The name of the car gives a clue to its impressive performance. The fastest production ca... More..
Food & Drink > Soup & Stew Recipes Recipes: Scottish soups: 1 of 2
Here are two recipes for tasty traditional Scottish soups. The first soup, cock-a-leekie dates from the 16th century and is a favourite starter at traditional Scottish celebrations such as Burns Nights. The cock' is derived from the use of fowl in the soup and the leekie' refers to the leeks. It is traditionally made with pr... More..