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Alice - the ghost in the mirror #26

In 1865 Lewis Carroll wrote another story about Alice following on from ‘Alice in Wonderland’. It was called ‘Alice through the Looking Glass’. In this story Alice climbs onto the mantlepiece over the fireplace in her lounge and finds that she can climb through the mirror into another world which is reversed, just like a reflection. Once again, she encounters strange figures in a world dominated by a chess set and nursery rhyme characters, among others. But what inspired Lewis Carroll to write about a little girl having lots of adventures? In the 1850s Charles Dodgson (Carroll’s real name) studied at Christ Church in Oxford. A new dean, Henry Liddell,...

Like Father Like Sons #20

...l, son of Graham Hill who my dad had raced with during his time on the racing circuits – how strange is that! Gavin racing at Cadwell Park Circuit At the end of 1987 he finished racing and went into engineering in Formula 3, then onto Formula Ople working for teams in Norfolk.  Here he ran drivers to British and European championship success then went onto Formula 3000 (Formula 1 support) and won the championship in 2001 with the Williams Junior team based in Norfolk. In 2005 he set up iSport and started to do Formula 2 (GP support series).  This ran for 10 years before commercial pressures forced it to close. During that time however they got 7 drive...

Like father, like sons #20

...l, son of Graham Hill who my dad had raced with during his time on the racing circuits – how strange is that!   My dad's first racing car in the 1950s     Gavin in his FF2000   At the end of 1987 he finished racing and went into engineering in Formula 3, then onto Formula Ople working for teams in Norfolk.  Here he ran drivers to British and European championship success then went onto Formula 3000 (Formula 1 support) and won the championship in 2001 with the Williams Junior team based in Norfolk. In 2005 he set up iSport and started to do Formula 2 (GP support series).  This ran for 10 years before commercial pressures forced it to close...

Like Father, Like Sons #20

...l, son of Graham Hill who my dad had raced with during his time on the racing circuits – how strange is that! Gavin winning FF2000   At the end of 1987 he finished racing and went into engineering in Formula 3, then onto Formula Ople working for teams in Norfolk. Here he ran drivers to British and European championship success then went onto Formula 3000 (Formula 1 support) and won the championship in 2001 with the Williams Junior team based in Norfolk. In 2005 he set up iSport and started to do Formula 2 (GP support series). This ran for 10 years before commercial pressures forced it to close. During that time however they got 7 drivers to Formula 1,...

Like Father, Like Sons #19

...l, son of Graham Hill who my dad had raced with during his time on the racing circuits – how strange is that! Gavin winning at Cadwell Park    At the end of 1987 he finished racing and went into engineering in Formula 3, then onto Formula Ople working for teams in Norfolk. Here he ran drivers to British and European championship success then went onto Formula 3000 (Formula 1 support) and won the championship in 2001 with the Williams Junior team based in Norfolk. In 2005 he set up iSport and started to do Formula 2 (GP support series). This ran for 10 years before commercial pressures forced it to close. During that time however they got 7 drivers to...

MOTOR RACING DAYS #9

...likes of Graham Hill and Sterling Moss.  Dad with his racing car - 1950's At the end of the 1950s he moved into Formula 2.  Of course in those days it was completely different and much more ‘fun’, unlike more recent times where it has become a big money business.  My dad didn’t have a rich family to support him or backers and probably did it all on a shoestring knowing him!  He told me that he would always ‘take it easy’ so he could finish the race and not be bothered about winning; you would always get your ‘start’ money and he was satisfied with that.  Accidents meant expensive repairs! During the 1960s he raced Lotus Elites and I ha...