Motoring and motorsport, that’s what’s made my world tick throughout my journalistic career, which for the last 25 years has been based just outside Oxford (but I still get asked by the new breed of PRs at English-based launches: “Did you fly down?”). From borrowing a Citroen AX from my local dealer in Dundee in the mid-Eighties to driving the latest Lamborghini models, I’ve driven everything in between. Over my career, on occasion I’ve been the main motoring writer for all of Scotland’s quality national dailies and Sundays, and contributed to UK nationals including The Times, Telegraph, The i, plus magazines including Autosport and SAGA.
With a strong motorsport background, 15 successive years at Le Mans 24-Hours, and having worked previously with Sir Jackie Stewart, Colin McRae, Allan McNish, Dario Franchitti and Paul di Resta — including ghost-writing a post-race column for three years for a certain Scottish F1 racer — I continue to be actively involved in British GT.
While continuing to supply motoring news, reviews and features to The Scotsman and Europe’s largest independently-owned car dealership group, I also relish extensive adventure drive features including, amongst others, being the first to drive the 60kms across frozen Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia.
Along the way I’ve also picked up a number of journalistic awards which, given my reserved Scottish nature, I tend to keep quiet about. I’m also a committee member of the GoMW.
Recent work:
Kia Sorento 2024 Review: stylish 7-seat SUV retains its practical appeal
Remember city cars? I drove the 2024 Kia Picanto and its still a little charmer
