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Chemmy Alcott, Olympic Skier and Ski Sunday presenter, interview about her cars and career for Sunday Times Driving

Me and My Motor: Chemmy Alcott, Olympic skier

As a teenager, Chemmy Alcott, the champion Alpine skier and four-time Olympian, was used to fitting school work around her ski practice and...
Published 26 February 2018
Me and My Motor: Carol Kirkwood, BBC weather presenter on her cars and career (interview)

Me and My Motor: Carol Kirkwood

Even when I was little, I was obsessed with cars,” says Carol Kirkwood, the BBC weather presenter. “I used to sit in Mum’s Austin Maxi ...
Published 19 February 2018
Sunday Times Driving Me and My Motor interview: Sir Ranulph Fiennes, explorer

Me and My Motor: Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Sir Ranulph Fiennes has explored some of the world’s most inhospitable places. Seemingly immune to pain, he once removed his frostbitten fingerti
Published 14 February 2018
Me and My Motor: The cars and career of David Seaman, former Arsenal and England goalkeeper. Sunday Times interview

Me and My Motor: David Seaman

David Seaman, the former Arsenal and England goalkeeper, may have earned himself the nickname “Safe Hands” but the cars he has owned....
Published 09 February 2018
Me and My Motor: Ron Ayers, the supersonic car designer behind Bloodhound SSC

Me and My Motor: Ron Ayers, supersonic car guru

For a man who designs the world’s fastest cars, Ron Ayers has little interest in his own means of transport.
Published 29 January 2018
Me and My Motor: Brian Johnson, AC/DC frontman

Me and My Motor: Brian Johnson, AC/DC frontman

Brian Johnson, longtime frontman of the hard rock juggernaut AC/DC, is almost as at home on a racetrack as he is on stage.
Published 23 January 2018
Me and My Motor: singer Beverley Knight

Me and My Motor: singer Beverley Knight

Growing up in Wolverhampton in the 1970s, nothing represented freedom for Beverley Knight, soul singer and Mobo award winner, more than...
Published 15 January 2018
Me and My Motor: Norman Baker, former MP

Me and My Motor: Norman Baker, former MP

Norman Baker was dubbed “the most annoying man in parliament” by David Cameron, acquiring a reputation as a relentless questioner of the prime...
Published 26 December 2017
Me and My Motor: Adam Henson, the Countryfile presenter

Me and My Motor: Adam Henson, of Countryfile

Adam Henson, the farmer and Countryfile presenter, was driving Land Rovers around his father’s Gloucestershire farm from the age of eight. He gra
Published 20 December 2017
Al Murray Pub Landlord cars Me and My Motor Sunday Times interview by Danny Scott

Me and My Motor: comedian Al Murray

"I often used to wonder what the Pub Landlord would drive,” says Al Murray of his comedy alter ego. “I decided he would have a cut ’n’ shut...
Published 12 December 2017
Chris Rea with his Fiat 500. The singer talks about his love of cars, The Road to Hell and his new album.

Me and My Motor: singer Chris Rea

"You don’t need to take drugs to be an addict,” says Chris Rea, the gravel-voiced singer behind such hits as Driving Home for Christmas.
Published 04 December 2017
Me and My Motor: David Coulthard, former F1 driver and TV presenter

Me and My Motor: David Coulthard, former F1 driver

“The thing about racing for a living is you’re also given decent cars for the road,” says David Coulthard, the former Formula One driver.
Published 30 November 2017