My Writing

Bye Bye iPhone 4: World’s Greatest Blog Tool

November 1, 2011

Things have been manic here since I got back from Rennsport. Today was the first chance I had to get over to the office, plough through some paperwork and sort out my iPhone 4S, which arrived while I was away.   I didn’t start with iPhones until the 3GS. I found it huge fun to [...]

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Happy Birthday, Derek Bell MBE

October 31, 2011

Today is Derek Bell’s 70th birthday. Seeing him at Rennsport a few weeks ago, he’s looking great on it: that’s what working at what you love will do for a man. I know the feeling! Jamie and I met DB when we shot his 928 Club Sport for Porsche World magazine, in late 2009. What [...]

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Porsche 911 RSR at Rennsport Reunion

October 18, 2011

This is currently going slightly ballistic on my Tumblr page. I call it “Big, Bad and Dangerous to Know”. I took this at a low point in the weekend. Yes, there were low points! It was late in the afternoon, I’d just been refused a photo pass without prior approval and then scolded by a [...]

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Rennsport Reunion Pictures: Coming Soon

October 18, 2011

Am back in our US home-from-home at the minute after a monumental weekend down at Rennsport Reunion. Thanks to the folks at Laguna Seca Mazda Raceway, all of whom could not have been nicer, and to Andy Schupack at Porsche North America who helped me out with everything I asked for. I’m doing a piece [...]

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Steve Jobs: RIP to a Porsche Design Fan

October 6, 2011

Steve Jobs died today. He was 56. I don’t have to tell you who he was or what he did: you already know that, and might even be using one of his products to read this. I am writing it on one, have four more on my desk and probably ten more in the office [...]

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More JG Words and Pics: Porsch-Apart Visit

September 30, 2011

I’ve just picked up my second regular slot in 911 & Porsche World magazine. It’s the Specialist corner, where we visit Porsche specialists and get under the skin of the business to tell a good story. As a long-time motor trade man, with twenty-five years in buying and selling cars, and ten years with Glass’s [...]

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