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Matters of moment, June 1961
A tax on prestige In this country we pay tax on our earnings and on interest on capital, additional tax on high…

A tax on prestige In this country we pay tax on our earnings and on interest on capital, additional tax on high…
Naples Grand Prix (May 14th) After holding their Grand Prix for sports cars in previous years it was good to see a return…
With no races being held in the Argentine this year the Monaco GP was the first Grande Epreuve of the season and…
Moss triumphs over weather in Inter-Continental race — Dan Gurney's Chevrolet shakes the Jaguars — Tony Marsh does 102.70 mph. lap…
Snetterton, May 14th IF you speak of "glorious Goodwood" it is presumably permissible to refer to "scruffy Snetterton," but at…
A well-designed all-glassfibre GT car A surprise awaited us when we tested the Rochdale Olympic recently, for the firm of Rochdale Motor…
by George A Oliver. 39 pp. 14 in. x 19 in. (Hugh Evelyn Ltd., 9, Fitzroy Square, London, W1. 55s.) "Just…
by William Boddy. A Montagu Motor Book. Preface by Capt GET Eyston, OBE MC. 170 pp. 83/4 in x 51//2 in (Cassell & Company, 35, Red…
"Veteran Cars," by Phil Drackett. 92 pp. 75/16 in x 5 in, (W & G Foyle Ltd, 119-125, Charing Cross Road, London, WC2. 4s.)…
"Behind the Wheel," by David McKay. 222 pp. 91/2 in x 61/4 in. (Nicholas Kaye Ltd., 194-200, Bishopsgate, London, EC2. 25s.)…
An unusual book is "What's Where in London," written by Denys Parsons and published by Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd, price…
"Sir Henry Segrave," by Cyril Posthumus. 227 pp. 81/2 in x 5 in. (BT Batsford Ltd., 4 Fitzhardinge Street, London W1. 21s.) This it…
published by Modern Caravan, lists 3,704 caravan sites throughout the British Isles, many of which are now being licensed under…
The three latest volumes in the Pearson car maintenance and repair series cover Humber cars from 1946 to date, all Vauxhall…
priced at 6s 6d to members and 10s 6d to non-members, contains the usual wealth of information on touring abroad which is invaluable to the…
National Benzole have issued a useful map of town plans, covering 57 well-known towns from Bath to Worcester, with the location…
Rodney Walkerley has written a motor-racing book primarily for the younger enthusiast—"Come Motor Racing With Me," 208 pp., 71/2 in x 5 in (Frederick…
The latest edition of "Egon Ronay Recommends Eating Places in London and Round Britain," published by Andre Deutsch, price 5s,…
An exciting motor race Palermo, Sicily, April 30th. This year the Automobile Club of Palermo took over the organisation of the…
The Aintree ''200" for Formula One cars received a predominantly British entry and in fact all the cars were British.…
There is surely nothing better than having eight fast motorcycles and eight fast riders on the MotoGP grid. But it’s not always that simple, as Ducati management found out at Sepang
1) Lewis Hamilton's Monaco win, his second on the streets of the Principality, takes his tally to 44 – his current race number. 2) Hamilton joins Nico Rosberg (three) and Fernando Alonso (two)…
Silverstone is once again threatened by protestors, 20 years after one of the most high-profile F1 track invasions, when Neil Horan ran towards cars on the Hangar Straight at the 2003 British Grand Prix. It's far from the only example disruption caused by people on the track...
We didn't think it was possible after the 'Aramco 500' last week, but F1 outdid itself for contrived controversy in Abu Dhabi