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Tag: 1974

  • Richard Littlejohn

    Richard Littlejohn

    Richard Littlejohn FIEssex born journalist Richard Littlejohn claims that the Royal Family are a “bunch of tax-evading adulterers” (more…)

  • Over Pegged

    Over Pegged

    A 1954 Pegaso Z-102 fails to sell at Amelia Island

     

    Earlier this week we reported that a one-off Spanish supercar, a Pegaso Z-102 Series II cabriolet by Saoutchik, was to go to auction at the RM Auctions sale at Amelia Island today, Saturday 9th March 2013.

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  • Pining for a Pegaso

    Pining for a Pegaso

    A rare Spanish made supercar heads to auction at Amelia Island

     

    Spain is not a country that one naturally associates with supercars but between 1951 and 1958, Pegaso, a company known for producing buses, trucks and tractors, manufactured approximately 84 state-of-the-art sports cars. One of these rarities, a one-off 1954 Z-102 Series II cabriolet with bespoke bodywork by the renowned French firm Saoutchik, goes to auction at Amelia Island this Saturday, 9th March.

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  • The Woman Who’ll Make Politicians Jealous

    The Woman Who’ll Make Politicians Jealous

    Jilly Cooper’s state of the nation style summary strikes chords with Matthew Steeples

     

    Best-selling bonkbuster author Jilly Cooper might be best known for novels such as Riders and Jump! but in the 1980s and 90s she was equally lauded as “one of the Conservative Party’s most ardent supporters.”

     

    Jilly Cooper

    Cooper, born in 1937, showed she still has a grip on the nation’s pulse yesterday when she declared that the Conservative Party is “full of terrible people now” to The Spectator’s “Steerpike.”

     

    Separately, in a comment to The Telegraph’s “Mandrake,” Mrs Cooper shared her thoughts on Pippa Middleton’s first book, Celebrate:

     

    “[It] wasn’t a good idea. I don’t blame her – I think that she was ill-advised… All I can say is that I hope the British don’t demonise her because of it. She seems a lovely girl and her sister is wonderful.”

     

    Ever the diplomat, Jilly Cooper, in these comments, shows herself as a truly brilliant wordsmith. She has tact and decency but at the same time doesn’t hold back when it comes to honesty.

     

    Nigel Farage should put in a call. Mrs Cooper could be just the asset UKIP needs to transform them from a “bunch of loons” to electability.