My Writing

Ferdinand Magazine in Trouble: Porsche iPad App

March 5, 2012

Ferdinand, the free-to-download Porsche magazine has hit stormy seas. Parent company Bespoken has entered liquidation and the company’s iPad magazines are up for sale. As a freelance contributor to the mag (I was never an investor or any part of this company), I am owed a fair chunk of money, as are other contributors like [...]

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Recolouring your Classic Porsche on iPhone

March 4, 2012

Been a depressing weekend here at IB Towers, with legal proceedings in the works against two former clients who are not paying their bills. To take my mind off negative stuff, I’ve been playing with colour changing Porsche pictures on my iPhone. Some fun results. I’ve been studying photography at Warwick School of Art for [...]

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My Porsche Photography: SVP 934 for sale

February 18, 2012

I’ve been letting you down and not sharing enough of my own Porsche pictures lately. Sorry about that: a consequence of how I’ve prioritised work up to now. I’m changing a few things around, so expect more pics. Here’s some from an upcoming feature, location TBA. It’s the Jagermeister Porsche 934 built by good buddy [...]

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911 & Porsche World: End of a Beautiful Friendship

February 7, 2012

Sad news today, when I got an email from 911 & Porsche World dispensing with my services. The magazine has appointed a new Deputy Editor to work alongside Steve Bennett, and is bringing my monthly “You and Yours” and “Meet the Specialists” in-house. I’ve worked with Porsche World since 2005, when Steve asked me to [...]

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Feature 993 RS/Cup for sale at JZM Porsche

January 18, 2012

I was down with JZM Porsche in Hertfordshire last week, doing a piece for Ferdinand magazine and talking about some other exciting stuff we have coming up together. Spent a few hours catching up with Jonas, and then Technical Director Steve McHale took me on a tour of their highly impressive facility. As we walked [...]

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Ferdinand Magazine, Model Cars & Bata Mataja

January 8, 2012

How many of you have heard of Ferdinand magazine? Ferdinand is a digital-only Porsche mag, ‘published’ once a month and distributed free of charge. Launched in December 2011, Jamie and I supplied a feature for their first issue: it was interesting to see how they handled it. The story we sent is a Team Glypman [...]

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