Mosler: Britcar British Endurance Championship 2012

It's been a while since I reported on how the Moslers are getting on, so here's a look at the first four rounds of the Britcar British Endurance Championship. This season sees just the one Mosler entry, though it features drivers who've driven the...

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Out of the book: Marcus Wareing's Spicy Lamb Sticks

I've a shelf full of cookery books. And a kitchen corner crammed with cookery books. And a lounge table littered with library books. And, yes, some of them are cookery books. Well, they're feeding no-one as they are. So each week I'm going to pluck out a recipe and give it a bash. In particular I'll be looking for those that feature ingredients and techniques that push me out of my culinary...

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Saturday lunches and Derby Market forces

At some point, my Saturday lunches have segued from ample to simple. Pub lunches tended to be some place where they served rare burgers, beer battered onion rings and skinny frites. Nowadays it tends to be where I can get thick-cut cheddar and onion in a cob, maybe a slab of pork pie on the side, bags of Seabrook's split to share round the table. At home it's become simpler still. That's probably...

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An Open Letter To All The Arseholes Behind The Wheel

To the driver of the Trent Barton Ilkeston Flyer, leaving Ilkeston at 1545 on Tuesday 5th June 2012 and almost ploughing into the back of a car outside Spondon about eight minutes later: the passengers could all see the car slowing, then indicating. You're paid to do much more. Including for having the responsibility for the passengers behind you. To the driver of the small black car who ran through...

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